"I'm fine," I say with a smile,
But I feel empty inside.
Isolation like a vice,
gripping my heart,
Wrapping its way around my soul,
Dragging me into its eternal depths.
I stretch my hand out
reaching for a connection,
Unaware of the two-sided mirror
Between me and reality
closing me off
From the people around me.
Unbeknownst to them
I am behind that mirror
Watching, listening, screaming–
But no one sees.
No one hears.
And so I wait
as the frost of time clouds my view,
for the day that someone comes and breaks
This invisible force between us
Holding on to hope
that I will be seen again.
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From the Silent Girl
PoetryThis is a collection of poems about relationships, observations, and emotions from the eyes of someone who ends up watching life rather than living it. #6 in poetrycollection 6/12/23 #7 in freeverse 6/12/23
