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Stranger

Stranger

Two-hundred and seventy-five friends on Facebook
One hundred and fifty-two contacts in my phone
Yet I hear dead silence
No tone
Solitude has become my friend
And everyone else were strangers

Strangers are dead people roaming around at night
Infected with deadly viruses 
That transforms them into something you can’t recognize

Strangers are unable to love
They can’t remember or recognize their friends
Yet they are programmed 
To end friendships
Walk away from the hives
That provides them with sweet tasting honey.

Strangers forgot that there is a cure
For their amnesia
Strangers forgot what it feels like to be alive
What it feels like to pick up the phone and call just to say hi.

Tomorrow is never promised
You never know when your last day is
You never know when you’re going to need someone
Don’t let your friends and loved ones be alone
Don’t be a stranger.

Copyright © Shannon Phillips | Year Posted 2014


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Date: 7/17/2014 6:44:00 PM

Thanks for sharing this, I use to be a stranger----now I'm a friend to whom ever I meet.
Date: 7/7/2014 7:41:00 PM

Shannon,, Stopping by with a nice, sweet Welcome to Poetry Soup. I will get much delight, in reading and in time become familiar with your verse. As for now, I will greet you with the same smile, others passed, when I first join the soup 4 years ago. I wish you the best when it comes to your compositions. I hope you get to meet all the nice poets around here. Starting with me. SKAT :-) Please drop a hello and tell me a little about yourself if you wish. I would like to be your newest poetry soup "FRIEND" Hugs* SKAT
Date: 7/7/2014 12:49:00 PM

Welcome to Poetry Soup, Shannon. I am glad you discovered this nice community of writers and hope you enjoy the site. Read the work of other poet's and comment if you find something you like; many poets will return the favor. Over time you will get to "know" some of us. You are welcome to visit my page anytime. Enjoy!
Date: 7/4/2014 2:12:00 PM

- Warm welcome to PoetrySoup, Shannon :) - I choose your first moving written free verse - Nice to meet you :) - Hope you will be satisfied with our "soup family" - we are many .. but has plenty of room for you too- PoetrySoup Rule1: Be kind and keep PoetrySoup a haven. PoetrySoup is a drama free zone(Comment on the poetry of others and they will comment on yours.) Thank you posted your words and thoughts here, I want to come back to read more another day. -// Anne-Lise :)
Date: 7/4/2014 9:39:00 AM

Wonderful ending, uplifting words,, Shannon, A nice warm WELCOME to poetry soup. I hope you enjoy the community, as I did when I first join, March 2010. You'll find many friendly poets, who are ready to support and give positive feedback. I want to be the first to invite you on over, to the contest page. I OFFER MY CONTEST, in hopes it inspires you to write another poem. I'm looking forward to following you and your poetry ha-ha a special pair:) here's the link to the contest page. http://www.poetrysoup.com/poetry_contests/ <---~Take Care!! From: your new poet friend @-> LINDA <-@

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