Obscurity

Obscurity

A Poem by MrJodie
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Inspired by the contest Remember Me. This is how I chose to use those two words.

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Someone speaks
a distant voice almost heard
Where is the sound coming from?
I can hear my feet on the gravel
Crunch, scrape... crunch and silence
I listen but hear nothing
it's so foggy here
 
Where did you go?
Why did you walk away from me?
Was it something I said?
Was it something I forgot to say?
Why?  Why, baby, why?
 
I don't know which way to turn, now
and I'm afraid to call out
You never know who will answer
Probably better to be alone
than with a stranger who hates you
But my chest hurts
 
Do you remember?
I don't remember my name
Can you help me remember?
Who am I?
Wait...
Wait...
No, that's someone I never quite became
I killed him when I fucked up so badly
You didn't want to meet him, anyway
 
Ah, there you...
no, that's not you
Someone else who knows me
He doesn't know my name, though
He says I have strength without you
He tells me I am better
It hurts when I realize that he's wrong
not because I want to be alone
not because I want anything but you
but because I wanted to believe I was strong
He was wrong
We were right
 
Remember me?
Do you remember?
What was my name?
What is my name now?
Wait...
I thought it had changed
but it was me that changed
How did that happen?
 
Why am I just standing here in the fog?
Crunch
my chest still hurts
Scrape
Where is the sound coming from?
Baby?! Is that you?
I want to say the words
shouting won't help
fighting hasn't done us any good
Is fog supposed to be this hard to breathe?
 
Another figure
there's nowhere to hide
Crunch, crunch, crunch, crunch
it's my own feet, running
shod with shoes I made out of anger
They pinch and bind but they protect, too
I don't remember, now, if I've ever had a good pair of shoes
every gasp makes the tightness worse
What the hell am I feeling?
Tired?
I don't remember how I got here.
 
Baby?
Oh, please let that be you
I'm scared
THAT'S IT!
 
Oh, god
Fear
 
Do you remember my name?
What is it?
Why did I get so afraid?
Where did the fog go?
Why are you able to lift me so easily?
Please, the pain...
Where are my shoes?
 
Will you...
Can you...
Can I...
remember me

© 2008 MrJodie


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I live in Troutdale, Oregon, a suburb of Portland. I'm currently working as a computer systems administrator for a manufacturing company in Vancouver and write only as a hobby. However, I've dreamed.. more..

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