I Looked For You
I looked for you
You weren’t there
I looked for you
And you weren’t there
I looked back at what started at me
Instantly
Panic consumed me
I looked all over that room for me
In drawers, closets and even under bedsheets
Retracing my steps
I went back
Back through my puberty
I see the you in me
But who am I truthfully
My truth keeps eluding me
Don’t push your views into me
Who pushed the world into me
I’m tipping over
It’s only right I feel empty
I looked for you
In all the places you used to hang
Within all the faces you held a gaze
Rummaged through your fits of rage
Asked past lovers
Would they ever love the same
They hadn’t seen you
But recalled the flame
I called your name
I thought I called your name
A voice so faint
Fragile and strange
Whispered through my soul
I am you… I am change
Copyright © Lauren Patton | Year Posted 2023
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