Is there anybody out there?

It doesn’t matter.
I’ve stopped listening
stopped looking.
I am done with the outside world.
It is easier in here
with my books
and my poetry to protect me.
I shall remain separate from society
in my own personal space
locked away from all the rest.

I shall not care how I look.
I shan’t flinch at the scowls of the many
or the judgment of the few.
I will ignore all evidence of others
everywhere
for they mean nothing to me
anymore.

I am free
and this is the testimony
of my will
to leave the human race.
I’m done with the rest of you.
Goodbye

assuming there’s anyone out there
at all.