I see you, you see me

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Status: Finished  |  Genre: Non-Fiction  |  House: Booksie Classic

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I see you, you see me.

We see each other endlessly.

Always watching, eyes never closing yet they never really see.

I can`t see me only you can see me, watch me longingly.

You can`t see you only I can see you, except I cannot.

I watch and see the mirror laid out before me.

A lie that endures all of the battles we`ve fought.

You see me and I see what you want me to see.

We stand in a field of lies hovering over an ocean of perfection.

It watches us waiting for the moment we shatter.

But we only see, we see and we see never taking action.

I see what I believe to be you and you see me.

You see from behind a wall constructed of your suffering.

It`s not you`re fault nor is it mine.

I see, I accept the lie standing before me.

There is nothing before me.

I am alone.


Submitted: May 22, 2017

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Archia

Your poem is really intriguing. I like how it twists it at the end and it's just them, it makes me think they were looking in a mirror and almost saying these things to themselves. It was a really great poem.

Wed, July 1st, 2020 11:53am

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