Stranger I am

I am nothing special, to you I'm the world.

No matter how hard I try to forget
It doesn't work
your gentle words
envelop me tight
holding me back
as I try to get rid of these...

painful
 memories

my hands tremble
when I think of what you've done to me
how you've

humiliated me
broke me
until nothing was left
except a shell of who I was
that will accept any torture
that you will bring

so why is it, now that I'm free
you still haunt me
as I try to forget
what has happened to me
everything becomes crystal clear
the memories won't let me forget
because now, they've made me who I am

So to answer a question
you've always asked
I don't know who you are
I do know that I don't love you
But I know you do
I know you've always have
because what reason would you have
to inflict such wounds on a...
perfectly
ignorant
stranger

Author's Note

Please Review. the bolded words don't have any special meaning. tell me what you think.

Reviews

[OceanTropic]

On the contrary, I think the bolded words have tons of meaning. Not only do they emphasize a particular thought, they sort of nuclease (make a nucleus) of the stanza.

I really enjoyed the different fonting, the italicizing and the bolding. I thought it brought the poem lots of dimension.

I also understood the content better, more than the other poem of yours that I recently reviewed.

"...a shell of who I was"

Beautiful line. Really gave me a clear, straight-foward idea and vision of what you were talking about. I enjoyed this piece.

[manifesto]

Often in pure, blissful ignorance, we destroy lives without meaning to... just a thought that this poem gave me. Pain-filled, but excellent work!

[sarah]

this really hit home with me good work

[KAREN]

A wonderful write that is filled sadness!

[NoneOfYourBusiness akaK..]

soft melancholy through the searching tendrils of thoughts~lovely poetic~

Loved this soo much. it has an aura of sadness. and truth. Great write!