Ghost

Lonely again

Watching from the outside

Wishing I could help

Trying where I can

But they don't listen

They don't care

My words are lost

Like dust in the wind

Keep me at arm's length

Ignore the damage

Refuse to see me

For what I am

For what I'm trying to be

Hide behind the smoke

Let it hide what's really there

Reflected in glazed eyes

Good friends aren't forever friends

Bad friends hide behind good times

Drowning behind a stoney veil

Suffocating under expectations

Crushed by my own wishes

Hiding in the background 

Praying they notice

But lost in the silence

I am a ghost of good intentions 

Lost in a world of apathy

Hidden by ignorance

Forgotten by pride

Silently waiting

For the one who will listen to the pleading

Of me, the empathetic ghost

Reviews

[barleygirl]

This is excellent. There are many poems written about feeling like an outsider, but this is one of the best I've read. This is exactly how it goes, very relatable, but even more than that, you capture the subtle nuances of how it happens & how it feels. V3 is brilliantly stated as far as keeping it simple, but delivering a powerful message. I love how you don't blame others & it feels like a shared consequence, that these empty friendships turn out the way they do. I love the first line of last verse. This is a great line that conveys so much! I love the tangle of sadness, combined with hope at the end (((HUGS))) Fondly, Margie

[Shannon Miller]

Thank you so much!!

[Onlyme]

This is a sad poem of being an outcast. From once good friends to now. Distant memories. Heartbreaking and moving. Is there no way you can explain to them. How badly you feel for whatever it was that happened and for them to reject you. By writing a letter and posting to them all. Or meeting them and talking to them from the heart, mind and soul.

[John the Baptist]

Has the sound of one who has been ostracized or in some way rejected by one time "friends." The reason for the rejection isn't stated, but it is obvious the speaker is suffering from it. At the end, there doesn't seem to be any relief in sight. Sad, but these things happen, especially in the younger years. It may, though, be an opportunity for growth.
PS: Consider deleting the next to last line. It would make the ending unfold more smoothly.