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The Stranger
By alex herewane
I thought that I would be alright just start writing and the words would
come
I thought that I would find you in the early morning
I thought I could find you late at night
I thought I heard an invitation to the waiting, just when I had to leave
I thought I saw your naked body dripping seeds of violence from your finger
tips
Children at your feet
I thought I saw you surrender
I thought I saw the fear in your eyes
That’s when I knew you knew I’d lost my faith
I thought I heard you say it’s everyone’s right to live and to die
without ever saying why
I thought I’d found your secret place
But we were never alone
Strangers and demons followed you home
I thought I could love you long enough; Strong enough
I thought I could make you bow
I thought I could make you love me
I thought I felt your heart move but when I looked into your face
That’s when I knew you knew I was out of place
I thought the moment couldn’t hold me that forever couldn’t kill me
I thought the lament was for existence
I thought that you had come to save me
I thought you’d come to ease my tortured mind
I thought that you were the savior but I turned and looked as I was walking
away
That’s when I knew you knew I was the stranger.
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Copyright 2013 alex herewane
Published on Friday, June 21, 2013.
Filed under:
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Comments on "The Stranger"
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On Friday, June 21, 2013, FadedBlues
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wrote:
...nice write. maybe we can never really know someone as completely as we hope to...
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A former member wrote:
Brings about the question, is it they, or I, that has changed? Brilliant write, loved the twist at the end.
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On Friday, June 21, 2013, alex herewane
(150) wrote:
thanks for the comment, it started as thoughts of how people keep choosing the same kind of toxic partners.
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