Shayan Afzal

Intro:
Echo of Alone is a modern minimalist poem that captures the profound sense of invisibility and isolation in today’s crowded world. It delves into themes of loneliness, urban detachment, and the quiet fading of self amidst the constant motion of modern life.

Poem:
lost in neon hum,
fading to the bone,
I drift, a shadow’s sigh
in the echo of alone.

faces blur, flicker, pass—
none stop, none stay.
under fluorescent skies,
I fall away.

breath meets silence,
the pulse of the unseen;
I am here,