Where Are You?

This is about the place where I escape to, and get often get lost in. I usually fight coming back from it. I only hope that everyone else has a refuge like this.

Where Are You? 

"Where are you?"

I'm here 

In this chair, in this room

But not here 

Though you yell my name in my face

I'm not here, not now anyway

I am lost...

I am lost in my world

My own little world 

Full of wonder and light 

Full of despair and shadow 

Where I am King 

Where I am God 

I love it 

I am who I want to be

I am who I never will be 

I am who one can only dream to be 

It is a beautiful, wonderful place 

A place I always long to be 

It is my own world 

The one true place in existence that is mine 

And only mine

An exotic, one-of-a-kind place

I hate it 

For I am lonely, for I am the only 

The only person here that is not from me

For you can not be here with me

Can not visit, not really

Not now, not ever

Instead you sit there 

In that chair, in that room

As I come back to our world, this world

Full of anguish and heartache

Full of rage and hatred 

I love it 

For I return to you 

In this chair, in this room 

To you saying "Where are you?"

"I am here," I say 

"Where did you go?" 

I do not say 

All I do is smile at my return

To you

And we continue to live

Live our simple, boring, but beautiful life 

Together 

Author's Note

A common occurrence that happens when I space out into "my own little world" where all my stories come from, to the point where my partner yells "Where are you?" :-)

Reviews

[Amy]

being lost in your own world and loving it is a great feeling. i can relate to that a lot too. great write.:)

[Cory Firestine]

Thank you Amy...I'm glad you could relate to this and that you enjoyed it.

[Frieda P]

I know this world you speak of, it's impenetrable when we're in it's grasp. We need it to get away and revitalize our spirit, then our 'boring' little lives are tolerable and sometimes we even realize, most enjoyable too!

[Cory Firestine]

Exactly Frieda, it can be our refuge, but at the end of the day it makes our ordinary lives just a little bit more bearable. Thanks for the review.

[Mariah Kristen]

I can completely relate to your poem with the exception that I never really become bitter about it because I allow it to express itself in some fashion in the real world.

[Cory Firestine]

True, that we should bring some of the wonders from our fantasy worlds into the real world. I dont become bitter about it though, more like I just wish I could bring others into my imagination in this fantastical place.

[Cory Firestine]

Thank you for your thoughts on this Mariah.

[Elinor Williams]

This is wonderful, a sense of "be careful what you wish for". It's bitter sweet in the sense of how once someone has what they desire, they grow tired of it after a while. Great read :D

[Cory Firestine]

Thanks Elinor for the great words.

[Sami Khalil]

I guess we call that a man,s cave here in the south where you have your private room all to your self enjoying your hobbies of course . The chair is a good metaphor too... Well done and conveyed...:)

[Cory Firestine]

Yes it sure is. Thank you sir.

[Sami Khalil]

You are welcome...:)

[Sami Khalil]

^^~^^ :)..