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Stranger Beside Me
Contributed by
ARemoteHeart
on
Sunday, 7th March 2004 @ 10:53:18 AM in AEST
Topic:
selfstruggles
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"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.
Copyright ©
ARemoteHeart
... [
2004-03-07 10:53:18]
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Re: Stranger Beside Me
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by geoffreyalanbest on
Sunday, 7th March 2004 @ 11:02:10 AM AEST
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| Wow, rediscovering one's self as a stranger. The lost identity coming back to comfort one when they are in sorrow. Memories play a key role in our identity. really great |
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