Poem - Nobody

Another non-Christian poem in that I didn't write it after prayer or meditation and it's not very uplifting but after my last post, I thought I'd share it anyway, as it kind of describes the way I've been feeling lately, although it was written almost three years ago (I tend to go through these phases).

Nobody

Nobody understands.

Nobody even notices that my life is

Slowly spiralling into a downward pit

And it is impossible to swim back to the

Open air that was once my happiness.

Nobody looks at me deep enough

To see the emptiness in my eyes

Nobody listens closely enough

To hear the hollow sound

Radiating from my mouth.

It is only after my eyes deceive me

And allow the salty tears to escape from

Their prison of my eyes

Only then does anyone notice

And their tone is accusatory

“Are you crying?”

Before they demand to know a motive

Like a detective, questioning his convict

Incessantly delivering scenarios

For me to shake my head to

They don’t get it

They can’t accept my answer

When I tell them the truth

I simply don’t know.

Copyright - Lisa Davies, July 21st, 2010.

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