Dear Mind of Mine

Why do I have to be the person no one notices. 

So many friendships that could've been lost in the breath I couldn't take. 

Dear mind of mine, please let me use my voice. I am oh so tired of hiding behind you and your hellish lies.

They keep me bound to your promise of false safety. A promise I long to go without.

Please oh please let me go. I long to join my friends out on this adventure they call life. It sounds fun.

I would like to be the person who speaks out. The person who is heard. I wish to be capable of making friends as easily as others make it seem.

So please dear old mind of mine.

Let me roam free. 

You know it will forever be you and I. 

So give me a moment, a moment to release.

So that maybe, just maybe, life won't be so lonely in the end...

Author's Note

Quick thing I wrote on break at work.

Reviews

[The Disconsolate Muse]

I relate to this on a spiritual level. The feeling of loneliness often pervades my thoughts, no matter how many "friends" I may have. Being surrounded by friends, and actually having that friend that you can go to when you're in hell are two different things. One brings the feeling of loneliness- I give to them but they never give back. The other brings the feelings of friendship- a mutual bond between two people to share their hellish stories that will be kept confidential.
One may be surrounded by all the people in the world, but still be very lonely because he gives but no one ever gives back to him.

[rowanfaet]

This is exactly how I feel about this. I'm glad you could relate.

[Dust That Drifts Throug..]

I understand this poem because I have been lonely and right now I don't have any friends

[matrixmark]

The first line you used here, reminded me of me when I was younger, always feeling like I was missing out and was desperate to fit in. Your poem speaks more loudly in volume yet is written from a shy mind.

I could realte to this really well. What you have captured here is the voice of thousands of people out there who all feel like this.

Very well put together piece.

Kudos to you.

Mark.

[Valentine]

A lot said about an inner quest to get out of your shell and make friends. My mom always said to make friends you have to be friendly to others, Valentine