To You, Random Stranger

By ColorMeToxic

http://youtu.be/NfOb6hwGffU



I wish I could bottle up
all the bad things in your head
and throw them into
an ocean so vast
that they will forever be lost,
forever be floating,
unable to hurt another living soul.

I wish I could mend your heart,
without leaving jagged scars
and gaps
where your pain was.
Scars that would forever remind you
of the life you've lived
and of all the people you miss.

I wish I could take your eyes
and instill in them,  the light 
that should never have disappeared 
in the first place,
so that you may always see
a glimmer of hope,
that beam of happiness
that your eyes have been void of for years.

I wish I could collect all of your tears,
past, present, and future,
and  use them to nourish gardens,
massive enough to feed
all of the world's hungry.

Most of all, I wish I could tell you,
I love you,
in such a way...
that you'll never doubt,
that at least one person cares.

 

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© 2015 Beth Greene
Published on Monday, October 26, 2015.     Filed under: "Poetry"

Author's Note:

I guess I just wish I had the power to change the world...
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  • A former member wrote: This really did deserve poem of the day. It was great.

  • Star On Saturday, November 7, 2015, Star (879)By person wrote:

    Congrats! I loved this much. A well deserving award for such an amazing piece!

  • soul_versing On Saturday, November 7, 2015, soul_versing (774)By person wrote:

    Congratulations love! A well deserving spot indeed. -Bows and applauds Scholar

  • TropicalSnowstorm On Saturday, November 7, 2015, TropicalSnowstorm (1580)By person wrote:

    I also liked you YouTube channel - enjoyed your video version of this. Ciao, T/S Scholar

  • rwb35 On Thursday, October 22, 2015, rwb35 (64)By person wrote:

    Since you commented on mine, I randomly picked one of yours and it was just what I needed to hear. A very good read, filled with emotion and hope at the end

  • TropicalSnowstorm On Wednesday, June 3, 2015, TropicalSnowstorm (1580)By person wrote:

    This is a beautiful piece, I particularly loved the notion of watering gardens with their tears and casting their hurt into the ocean where they will be "unable to hurt another living soul." Wonderful! Ciao, T/S Scholar

  • A former member wrote: Absolutely gorgeous. I'm very thankful to have had the opportunity to have read this great piece, it speaks to me on so many levels just lovely. Thanks again Scholar

  • A former member wrote: I guess the complexity of the worlds issues and depression in others can sometimes leave us feeling helpless. I liked the mix of sincerity, helplessness and inspiration you conveyed. Good write. Scholar

  • soul_versing On Saturday, July 19, 2014, soul_versing (774)By person wrote:

    I'm in love with every word. Such a profound image lingering within my mind. I just... I love you to pieces! Scholar

  • A former member wrote: wow, that's some powerful imagery there, I could picture you doing these things as i read your poem. Your flow has a good flow rhythm and rhyme, this could easily be a song-Mrk Scholar

  • breezesblue On Tuesday, March 5, 2013, breezesblue (4)By person wrote:

    very uplifting read....great work...tyvm

  • Melancholic VIncent On Wednesday, August 22, 2012, Melancholic VIncent (428)By person wrote:

    I share this feeling with you. You have the power to help others, you would be a good psychologist, someone who help others with their inner pain.

  • A former member wrote: This is EXACTLY I feel.. I don't know whats with all the negativity in today's generation. Great poem, and the poet who wrote this is a great human being. I needed this! Thank You! Keep writing!

  • A former member wrote: Calming and lovely. (: Your work is amazing as always.

  • Gray Vision On Monday, March 26, 2012, Gray Vision (424)By person wrote:

    This is beautiful Beth, you can change the world, one person at a time. Thank you so much for sharing this wonderful piece =)

  • A former member wrote: i love you too

  • veingo On Wednesday, February 15, 2012, veingo (526)By person wrote:

    I really needed something to bring a smile, and a little warmth tonight. This was the perfect read to do just that. Thank you, dear. ^V^

  • A former member wrote: this is so much you Beth. this could be called "Beth". Bongo nailed it "empath" indeed..bows.

  • A former member wrote: All that for a total stranger? Powerful imagry and emotions there.

  • lupus tenebrae On Sunday, December 18, 2011, lupus tenebrae (860)By person wrote:

    No trench is too deep, no sea is too wide, the current and oceans have something to hide. If you find a bottle spacious enough, tell me there are more, I have my own things to set adrift. Thank you as usual Beth. Scholar

  • darkness falls On Sunday, December 18, 2011, darkness falls (73)By person wrote:

    I wish someone thought of me that way. Isn't that what we all wish for? Thanks for putting it into words.

  • dwells On Saturday, December 17, 2011, dwells (4177)By person wrote:

    Sometimes the world is too much with us (Shakespeare?). Anyway, I took this on a more personal level of partnership and past lives. Things that have passed beyond control or intervention, just because, they once vwere and always will be. Thanks CMT for this thoughtful piece.

  • Gemini On Saturday, December 17, 2011, Gemini (31)By person wrote:

    The world would be a better place indeed.

  • Phantasmagoria On Saturday, December 17, 2011, Phantasmagoria (121)By person wrote:

    Wow, this is so beautiful, and so sad, but beautiful!!

  • Devilish On Saturday, December 17, 2011, Devilish (2633)By person wrote:

    Awe.. That's beautiful.. Like you.. You snap me out of a strange world into a good one... Scholar

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