I am nothing to you

A Poem by Ananya

I am nothing to you

You did not give birth to me
Your blood is not flowing in my body
I don't have your nose or eyes or hair

I am nothing to you....

Then why do you cry when I cry?
Why do you smile for my smile?
And why do you pray for me?

I am nothing to you....

You can pat me on my head one final time
And turn and walk away
I can do nothing but just look at you going
Standing alone, once again

I cannot ask you to stay
I cannot call you back
I cannot run behind you and hold a corner of your shirt

You will go away
I can only thank you for what you gave me

You did not give me birth
But I was born again in you
Your blood is not in my body
But your love is in my heart
I don't have your eyes or nose or hair
But your soul knows my soul

I have no other right to stop you
Nothing but this love
I don't know how much of it is needed to call you back
But am calling with all of what I have

Don't leave me
Please don't leave me

This time
I will not wake up again

© 2016 Ananya

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Darian B.

Dang, I don't know you're situation and I don't want to make assumptions but it sounds like the person you are talking about truly does love you. If the person cries when you cry, smiles because you smile, and prays for you; the person loves you truly. I have been on the opposite side of something like this and believe me, you are not nothing to that someone. You probably mean a whole lot more to that person than you know.

As for the poem itself, I really liked it's structure and repetition of the phrase, "I am nothing to you.... " it really adds power to the poem with the way you did it.

Great job, I truly hope the person doesn't leave.