The girl behind me

You look at me

But you never really look at me

The girl behind me though

She's who you look at

so quiet

so non-existent

But yet

she's the one always on your mind

You kiss me

but it's her

your lips

yearn for

The girl behind me

so pretty

so young

you say you love me

The truth is

you love her

The girl behind me

is the one you

always loved

The girl behind me

is who I can never be

who she will always be

The girl behind me

is

me

the person I'm not

the person you want me to be

the girl behind me

lives in an alternate reality

the reality you grasp for

and yet you lose

and once you chose

between her and me

she faded

and so

the girl behind me

vanished into the shadows

and ran away

with your soul

and so

your left

with

ME

 

Reviews

[Nyida Strong]

The split of the personalities. I love the duality in this piece. It has an effect that, if done well, keeps the reader skipping between posibilities.

N. Strong