Imaginary friend

He taps his cold and bony fingers on the table that is the same.

Knowing tomorrow may not come, he takes pride in his little games.

He knows a truth that scares him and this truth will not exit his lips.

He ponders to himself, what if this is all pretend what If I don't exist.

But with no reason to think these things he shoves the thoughts aside.

It is just his imagination, keeping this nightmare alive.

But in truth this man does not exist, I made him up in my head.

And I gave my intentions, and filled his heart with dread.

Now this man he wants to die, but he is my feeble little toy.

Who's thoughts I can twist and bend only someday to destroy.

This power I have provokes me, to do something new.

Should I love or hate this man, whose thought are mine to.

He is but a creation, a spawn of my dreams.

Silly little man who does not know what any of this could mean.

He is nothing but a thought, but he is becoming a friend.

Does this make me crazy, my thoughts they start to bend.

Destroy him, kill him, show him who is boss.

No you can't be real you are but a creations of my thoughts.

Just hold on and feel broken, you are not the one in charge.

You can not take over and you will not have part.

A part in this world that surrounds me so very different from yours.

You could not handle the pressure, of this oh so real world.

Just another victim of my imagination, my imaginary friend.

Here to stand beside me until the very end.

Reviews

[Joshua W. Harris]

There are little mistakes throughout the piece, but they are made up for by the fact that I didn't really want to stop reading it. You created a story for this imaginary man that made me want to know more. It made me want to delve deeper into the narrative and figure out what the hell happens to him, as well as the person who created him. It was a very engaging piece! Well done! ^__^

[Jessica Lynn Polley]

Sometime Ideas come to me so quickly I just have to get them out of my head hence the errors. If there is one thing I need to work on it is editing my writes sorry about that. I am so glad you still enjoyed it and that you were so engaged this is actually a poem I wrote years ago but still one my favorites.

[Joshua W. Harris]

I often find little pieces that I have written long ago and decide to toss them up on here as well, just because I remember how much I loved writing them, or how much fun I had with them, so I definitely understand where you are coming from there. =]
Keep up the good writing! ^__^

[Ian Gilmour]

I really like this. What's particularly awesome about this, is that these thoughts can occur for people who are not imaginary too, creating a parallel of what it means to be "flesh and blood" and "human." Another great idea you accentuate is, with the creation and company of an imaginary friend, does he dive further into his own isolation? Does he become even lonelier than before? Concepts such as these make for deep and dynamic writing and that is what you have hear along with a good writing style!

[Jessica Lynn Polley]

You touched on exactly what I was trying to express in the poem. I am so thankful for you insight because these are exactly the ideas that made me write this to begin with. The power of the human mind is unmatchable and it boundaries blurry...the concept of creation is completely bendable and that is my inspiration.