Don't Be A Stranger.

I liked a guy but we only ever spoke on the internet and text, in person... we were distant.

We seem so close.
Communication barriers broken.
As we run through our problems together.
Breaking free, knowing we made each other
Happy.

Yet the distance between us is
Immense.
The barren lands between us,
Words rolling out along the plains
Occasionally.
But the only oasis is your smile.
I can't decide if it is a mirage.

It's something distinctly beautiful
Just for me.
Yet it fades whenever I want it
To be mine.
Is it my imagination
Or does it appear then disappear?

Every crease by your eyes.
I want it.
Every pearl in your mouth.
I long for it.
Every shimmer in your eyes.
I breathe by it.

Then my world comes crashing down
When I hug you.
The warmth, the love, and the comfort.
Eradicates all pretence,
My emotions explode.

My mum told me:
"Never speak to strangers"
Having broken free of the prison of emotions.
You are only foreign to me in person.
And I don't know the path across the desert.
This leaves it up to you, my Phantom,
Don't be a stranger.

Reviews

[Last Lying Look]

I really admire this piece. I was in a situation like this for a long time until I forced myself to work up the confidence and now he and I are no longer strangers :D
Great work!

[Crazy Cat Man]

This leaves it up to you, my Phantom,
Don�t be a stranger.


deep deep deep...... it sucks when you seperate..... thats the worst feeling in the world..and you captured it in this piece.

[L. L. Jacobson]

This is so inspirational, I strive as it throbs. These words make me want to be a better person, I am already a soul-seeker, and fallacy slayer, but I want to be so close with one human, the connection that you speak of, and give my entire essence as much as I can.
Thank you for this gift.

[Lady Muck]

I can't help feeling that the imagery rather exceeds the reality. have you ever wondered what would happen if you channeled all that energy into something other than infatuation. You could be Cofi Anan by October baby!

[Cdnsurfer]

Ha! Gillzy I think you've fallen in love with a ghost. You meet him in the vapours of kaleidoscope light when dew drops evaporate and morning sun is red. Good for you, my friend, this is good news. However, I fear that you speak of vast distances of physically, that may be impassable. That would be shame. You'll have to cross over. Did you ever see the movie Ladyhawke? Based on an old French legend. He a wolf at night and she a hawk by day, so that they are destined to travel together but never together, except in those scarce moments when light shifts forms. Ah some lucky chap has made you smile and warmed your heart. I smile, gladly. Cheers! Rob

[Prudence Desideria]

Really like the words, and there's something specific about the description
Specially fell for this part:

"Yet it fades whenever I want it
To be mine."