These Lies I Tell Myself.

"Our conversations are circles, always one-sided." Haligh Haligh A Lie Haligh, Bright Eyes.

 

These Lies I Tell Myself.

 

Hello, stranger.

We meet again.

 

It seems I run in to you

Every time I look in a mirror.

 

You seem oddly familiar.

Like someone I used to know,

 

A long, long time ago.

But I can’t seem to place you.

 

I feel sorry for you.

You seem sad,

 

Just so desperately sad.

Like you have no one.

 

I wonder what sort of things

You’ve done,

 

To end up looking like that,

With eyes that are dead.

 

Your skin is too pale,

Your face too gaunt.

 

You seem like you used

To be pretty.

 

Maybe before you did

All the things you must have done?

 

Maybe one day,

You will speak back to me.

 

But for now,

You just repeat everything I say.

 

 

Author's Note

Not my best.
It's another one from the point of veiw of a slightly insane person.

Reviews

[Child]

i love this.

[Sean]

I like this much. I get the image of someone who has aged a lot in a very short amount of time. Like life has taken their energy away and they're left "With eyes that are dead." And maybe they've mostly forgotten before.

[tanker22]

slightly insane? how about accute scyts lol. i think you could throw in a little more ryhme "in my opinion of course". although i like the idea and the imagery. i pictured myself in the mirror. it reminds me of how things change so much. its like you wake up one day and are a completely different person. the end was flawless. you kept repeating you you you though. which isn't a bad thing but it makes it sound repetative. try mixin it up a bit. good write. thx for sharing