Familiar Stranger

Dear familiar stranger-

I know a thing or two.

I put my needs in front and

look through them at you.

From here I see

a complement to me.

A searching for something

that used to be.

A familiarity. 

What once could erase

the ultimate fate

of staying still in this 

place.

But how true are you?
How real?

Just a self-constructed image that

I steal.

Hanging on 'cause it provides relief

from the empty, the lack

the aimless floating on the

sea.

So stay right there, if you please-

-maybe I can have just this

moment and

freeze

your stare

your approach.

Maybe I'll become a coach

and not press unpause

until you're real.

'Til you give me cause.

Reviews

[KAREN]

I love the flow and the rhyme scheme!
But how true are you?
How real?
Just a self-constructed image that
I steal.

Hanging on 'cause it provides relief
from the empty, the lack
the aimless floating on the
sea.