Irony's definition is
the belief that you

are the first
to face this impediment.

Stumbling, cursing, frantically
trying to re-organize the

chaos distorted around
your once-perfect, structured life.

No one understands.
You are an island.

The first ever
to apply, to fail,

to fill out
an application, a resume,

or face an
interview, or death's glare,

to feel alone,
with a lost soul. 

You see: irony.
Feeling alone in a

crowd of similarities.
Not knowing where to

turn, as a
sea of hands crashes

its comfort waves
around your drowning figure.