Stranger's Reflection

When I close my eyes

I drift away from this realm

where all my fears and pain fade away,

a numbing feeling overwhelms my body

a feeling that's so familiar;

I wrap myself in false hope

a transparent clothes that exposes how I feel.

I don't know how to believe

I don't know how to face my truth

the pain that has me chained down,

hope seems so far, so far away

I not longer recognize my reflection.

I've become a stranger in my own skin

the unknown reflection staring back at me

everything that was meant to be hidden

has forsaken me

my fears are slowly breaking free

raping my being
giving me the notion that I'm drowning,
loosing all control

I don't know who I am anymore.

The will to move on fades away

alongside with all my hope,

everything feels so strange

I want to crawl out of my skin,

I've been standing still

paralyzed by my fears

unable to breathe

I drown in my tears.

Hope seems so far, so far away,

I not longer recognize my reflection.

I've become a stranger in my own skin

the unknown reflection staring back at me

everything that was meant to be hidden

has forsaken me

my fears are slowly breaking free

raping my being
giving me the notion that I'm drowning,
loosing all control

I don't know who I am anymore.

Don't know who I am.

Reviews

[Correspondence]

I love free verse poetry ! It is so much more enjoyable writing poetry freely rather than sitting there twiddling thumbs trying to find a proper rhyme. This piece is VERY well though out. "I've become a stranger in my own skin/the unknown reflection staring back at me." Love this ;)

[Mika =^-^=]

Thank you so much. I tempt to not care much "the proper way" to write poems, but I just write haha. I let my hands type the emotions I feel.

[Correspondence]

Completely agree ~
Although rhyming can have an impact on some readers, I feel as though free verse is not only a bit easier but also leaves a bigger impact when you focus on the verse and not the typical rhyme.

[Mika =^-^=]

Yeah. Sometime is hard to find the right rhyming words to send out and express the emotion you trying to paint with your words.