Who Is Me
You wake me from the dead
Put these thoughts in my head.
Nothing is there
No hope no love no care
That was not fair
An empty shell
It was hell
Other people feelings you let me see
No understanding of what they be
Just to know i didn't belong
That was so wrong
Through others I could feel
But couldn't deal
Lost soul trying to find
Some peace of mind
A little kid that didn't not Know.
Tried hard not to let it show
Left me among people I wasn't the same
ThOught I was to blame
all these feeling from another
So many they would smother
I felt their hate their love and fear
I didn't want anyone near
Felt so alone
Hiding from what was shown
I was always left apart
Did I even have a heart
What was I
Wished I could cry
Went in search for peace of mind
None did I find
The feelings hurting me
No one could ever see
A human I didn't think I be
Hoped no one could see
I didn't belong no where I went
Away I would be sent
My sisters and every brother
Loved only by my mother
She tried to teach me
Helped to see
How I could hide
No one could I confide
Did I even have a soul of my own
wasn't shown
Then I could see what sometimes they be
The things I could see
The hate in a mind
Was hard to rewind
Would get lost inside my head
I wanted dead
Could see what some had done to another
Maybe their brother
It got do bad I tried to flee
Wasn't meant to be
No matter where I tried to hide
In my head they all confide
Seeing all the bad they've done
I felt I could trust none
I didn't ask for this in my head
Wanted peace instead
But never did it leave me
It would always be.
Tried not to let them in
I could never win
Felt their hate
Hard to separate
There feelings became my own
Remember everything shown
So much pain
Was driving me insane
My life I didn't want
All those visions that would haunt
I was not sure why this was my fate
I learned about hate
A feeling that I thought behind I could hide
Used it so much
No one could touch
With that I could appear the same way
I started to forget that wasn't one of them
Myself I started to lose
It was all I could chose
Take their feelings slam them back
Started to like that attack
Could see I was starting to fit
Still my mind could be hit
So I stepped back
Let go of my attack
Fighting them to not let them grab my mind and hold
The secrets they didn't know they told
Started making me feel old
Trapped in another's mind
Never knew what I'd find
Hated my life felt it was fake
How much more could I take
Fighting not to become
What I saw in some
Lost my self fed off their hate
Tried to stop before it was to late
Then I just started to hide
Buried it deep inside
So much pain
I became the stain
Fought off their inner fires
Pushed away their hidden desires
Learned to control the pain
My soul was slain
I hide from all
Afraid I would fall.
I sat back and fought
Used lessons self tough
Sinking deeper into despair
Thought it wasn't fair
Then I didn't care
Went so long fighting people's will
Had my fill
I stepped away from humankind
Still hoping peace I'd find
I wanted to feel free
But how I couldn't see
So I chose death as a way
What can I say
People I wasn't but I didn't know what
I kept that door shut
Didn't want to know
I didn't want it to show
So I hide out in my own head
It was better than dead
Learning from those that were here no more
I opened that door
I saw so much
But I kept in touch
Slowly I started to deal
With all that I could feel
I knew all these feelings I knew wasn't mine
No light to shine
I became part of it all
In the end I knew I would fall
Become one of those people I felt invading
my mind
So waited to see what kind.
Would I finally be
But now I see.
That they will never take
What i don't have inside
No soul for them hide.
Lost lonely
Was the only
Man that wasn't real
Needed others just to feel
Copyright © William P. Harris | Year Posted 2023
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