I looked in the mirror
I thought
My thoughts became clearer
I fought
My fight became nearer
I caught
My catch became the scarer
I fellLike a child chucked a stone
I fell
Like I'd always be alone
I dwell
Like a broken piece of bone
I sell
Like I had no place to go
But hellBut I had a place to go.
I went back to my home
And here I stay to roam...
Until I hear someone start to yellI wish they'd quiet down
I want to sleep, safe and sound
I don't want to roam around
I fear the past will be foundBut I hear somebody yell
I hear somebody ring a bell
I hear a chorus rise and swell
I wish it would just quiet down! But there is no one to tell...And so I leave my home
My overprotective dome
Into the evening light
Swiftly fading into nightHello?
I venture out
Hello!
An answer shouts
I want to sleep and I wish
I just wish
That you would quiet down!
I shoutHello?
She says
Hello
Again
I wish you would quiet down!
I say
I stir my mind like I stir a pot
How to send her on her way?A slap in the face
The unexpected
Put you in your place!
The disrespectedIt's too bad I have a really soft spot for the beaten, the torn, the damned, that's
Because beaten and outcast aside from the world is the kind of person I am.I leave the door open
I don't hear it close
I'm merely hoping
That nothing will fall on my toesWhat do you want
And what do you needYou seem so gaunt
You need to be freedI'm better off here
Than I'd be back out there
There's nothing wrong
If Im getting alongBut you're not!
You're dead, dead inside!
You've got have painted on dots
Instead of your eyesI know, I can't help it
I was born this way
I'm like bronze, but I'm melted
I'm melted awayIf you melted again
I bet I could form you
I could help you regain
I could help to adorn youNo you cannot
It's clearly impossible
But you're all that I've got
So I'll pretend that you're plausibleOkay then let me in
I did
But why did you rescind?
I opened a moment and closed it the moment you gained momentum coming in.
I remembered you're nothing
This is why I lock my doors
I can hear the water rushing
I can hear it more and more...But I'm your only chance at reconciliation
I'm your only chance to find a way out!You're just a figment of my imagination
So I beg thee to just stay out!And into the night invisible yells
I stay awake past the bellsAnd yet nothing has gotten better.
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Unrequited Love for No One in Particular
PoetryI'm in love with no one, but with that emptiness comes freedom for my heart to wander along with my mind.