.
Who are you?
Talking to me
Like you have the right
I dont even know you anymore
I dont recognize your face
And yet I've seen it
Almost every day
You've changed so slowly
Subtly
I didn't realise it
Until today
When I looked
I had to double-take
And still I look into
Your hardened, angry eyes
And I cannot recognize
The person staring back
Contemptuously
Who are you
You that I used to know
As intimately as a lover
The lover I longed for
You who has turned
From a lifelong friend
To a faceless stranger
In the same time
As it took me
To realise
Who you used to be
.
Author notes
"We've drifted apart"
Written July 23rd, 2005
In a list
A contest entry
- Loved and Lost by HopelessDreamer2010.
400 points, ended December 12, 2006, 28 entries
Silver trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest - how far?? by onapedestalIstand.
300 points, ended May 6, 2008, 27 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
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kewlio..later=P sarah
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This was amazing...i love it! it is just like what i would write. Thank you for writing this. Im going through the same thing right now after a 7month relationship we just broke and now he is nothing but a stranger. I cannot express how much i love this!
good luck
Lacey -
omg i loved it its a beautiful poem and greatly written soo good luck in this wounderful contest
from Amirah
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I loved this piece! It was short but I definetly got your point. Good luck in my contest!
~Lacey~ -
*speechless* Wow. This was awesome. Anything else I could say would only echo what others have. But this is beautiful. Damn, I don't stand a chance in the contest.
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wow i like this
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I'm afraid you're right honey. There's always some element of personal inspiration behind my writing. It's always there, though not often as prominently as it is here.
Love you
*~Huntress~* -
Wow, this is really loaded.
I have to say i'm intrigued too! This is a fantastic poem, but sad because there could be some real inspiration behind it
"From a lifelong friend
To a faceless stranger
In the same time
As it took me
To realise
Who you used to be"
i really like the little twist at the end, realising who they were/used to be.
♥ xxx -
im speachless... great poem...
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