Problems

One o'clock in the morning
and she e-mails me
because she knows
I'll answer her instantly.

She has yet another problem--
her fiancee has ended
the engagement they had
and she had depended

on him too much.
I console
her, best I can
play the role

of a loving friend,
best I can,
but what happens?
What happens when

I need help?
Why do my
e-mails go unanswered?
Why do they lie

untouched in the inboxes
of my friends?
I know I sould selfish,
but I do depend

on them,
as they do on me.
But I am slowly
starting to see

that they have worse
problems than I.
Real problems--
real tears they cry.

And so my problems
seem so trivial
there's no point
to reveal

them, and ask for help--
to e-mail or phone
them. I should probably
just suffer alone. . .