She had a face, a beautiful face,
With eyes as bright as the moonlight,
Ultimately leading her to a new light.
Her face grew hideous and weak,
Her attitude becoming dull, old, and bleak.
Her mere existence feeling like a bomb,
Her demeanor no longer old and calm.
Her echoes grew distant, foggy, and measly,
Her disconnection shattered me deeply.
He was a good, hardworking man,
Who ran the wrong side of the tracks.
The pain inside attacks,
Setting him toward a dark and twisted path.
Of blind confusion and conformity,
Becoming his ultimate deformity.
His blind disconnection,
Making my soul feel abnormally.
The two pass each other on the street,
Just a glare, they both let out a small flare.
The two walked on past each other,
Both completely unrecognizable.
My soul collapsed, praying for the new dawn,
Hoping this one would soon be gone.
Peel away the skin
Of a young charred girl
Unrecognizable
Nothing to give her away
Far, far away
Her family wonders where is she
There was a time she would have walked away
She has been beaten down for many years
What's left of her is standing here
Today she's unrecognizablle even to herself
She has been beaten down for many years
This is not the life she had imagined
Today she's unrecognizablele even to herself
Her dreams have been exchanged for a nightmare
This is not the life she had imagined
His promises had been sweet as fresh honey
Her dreams have been exchanged for a nightmare
His stings continue to ravish her soul
His promises had been as sweet as fresh honey
She used to get lost in those deep blue eyes
His stings continue to ravish her soul
Will she find an antidote for her pain
She used to get lost in those deep blue eyes
What's left of her is standing here
Will she find an antidote for her pain
There was a time she would have walked away
Do you recognize
This man?
Walking down a snowy path
Years ago
You shared his bath
Filled with bubbling hopes
Optimistic poems
And washed away each others
Sins
Do you recognize
This man?
Fighting earnestly
For change
Years ago
You flew his plane
Through smoky clouds
A hedonistic crowd
And guided him through the
Fog
But now
There are beggars
Gathered at the footsteps
Of a nation
Stealing apples from
The blind
But now
There are soldiers
Occupying the gardens
Of a widow
In the final stage of
Decline
But now
There are roaches
Nibbling the portions
Of a servant
Down to his very last
Dime
In a world
Where elephants
Crush
Intimidated
Ants
In a world
I no longer
Understand
Do you recognize
This man?
Do you recognize
This man?
Of course
Not
He is
A mere shadow
Unrecognizable
Unrecognizable,
Is what you think of me.
No need to say your pleasantries
Of your superficial Odds and ends
The daily doings of your life.
Saddening,
Isn't it? You rather look away.
Though your eyes are kept in tune with mine.
How hard it must be for you
What a pity having to stay in a moment
Of uncomfortable silences.
(I whisper)
I'm here. Right here.
My body is not the same
Its frailty bares my weakness,
I move my hand up to my face,
Maybe it would be better if you did look away.
I do.
My eyes can only speak, for my words
Give away my insecurities.
I'm here.
The person you've known is still inside, still the same.
You take me.
You take your arms and put them around me.
I push and pull
How can you? How can you love me this way?
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