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[aid] => mick
[title] => Stranger Beside Me
[time] => 2004-03-07 10:53:18
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[bodytext] => "Knock, Knock" on the door At 30 minutes til 2 "Who could it be?" I ask myself As I stumble to the door My right hand creeps slowly, Towards the knob As my left hand Rubs tired eyes awake I don't ask who it is Before I invite them in Can a stranger be someone you feel you've known for a lifetime? The stranger leads me to a place I know well, Better than anyone else. I believe they've led me straight to my heart, but I'm proved wrong as they turn on my bedroom light. I have to know this person, They seem really familiar now. They sit on my bedside, Patting empty space as to say, "Sit here, by me." I take the offer graciously, Still focusing on where I know this person from. Mouth starts moving, but I can't understand what they're saying. I look at their face, Studying it to no avail. Their face seems distant, My vision is fading. I panic, Not recognizing who it is. Why can't I hear them? Why can't I recognize them? Obviously they know me, Maybe better than I know myself. Panic, Panic! Just as I reach my breaking point. A gentle squeeze sends some sort of calm up my arm. I feel them. I know this touch so well it scares me. I squeeze back, As if to tell them that I'm OK, and at that moment I knew who this stranger was. The stranger was me. I couldn't hear my cries for help before, Because my voice sounds different now. Words are hurtful and the tone is cold and angry. I couldn't see myself before, Because I look different now. Face full of sorrow and fake happiness, Eyes like stone. But I felt myself because I know pain like that, And pain like that can only be mine. [comments] => 1 [counter] => 231 [topic] => 61 [informant] => ARemoteHeart [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 5 [ratings] => 1 [editpoem] => 0 [associated] => [topicname] => selfstruggles )
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