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If I Were To Look At You

If I were to look at you, could you even look back?

It's already hard enough to think of you

But to gaze upon coffee stained eyes,

Skin matted in dirt, and dust.

No, memories.

 

And to be honest,

It's disgusting how I

Imagine you.

Beneath me, stricken down.

Rotting.

 

It's in part due to the fear instilled, I think.

I am new, and so are you,

So am I predator, or am I prey?

Am I hate, or am I aid?

Hell, Why do I even look the way I do?

 

Stand up now.

But not by command,

Show me your strength

Scream your superiority.

But I'll just claim it barbaric, anyway.

 

But what's the point?

This encounter is just imagery.

I'll never stand in your presence.

While I sit comfortably at this desk

Writing about you.

You starve to death.

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Written by
relenymous
American
Published
May 12, 2013
Lines·Words
26·142
Notes

Other's turmoil is so foreign to us that we tend to forget it. Remember what you have, and others may be lacking.

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