From Where I Am Standing

by Emmett Patrick Finnegan/Sag - Not entered

-From Where I Am Standing

From here I can see you, but not me, not us

My shadow fades in the distance

My light is dim in your glow

I want to be noticed

I want to be me 

You appear before me as someone I could never hold

From where I am my arms can't reach you

Your fear and rejection keep us apart

My heart hears your voice and my eyes look for your answer

The deafening silence tells me the truth

Again I failed

Again I feel that I am not worthy 

Worthy of your trust, commitment, respect

Try to step into my aura and feel what the colour of loneliness feels like

From where I am standing I pray I am wrong


Emmett Patrick Finnegan

Reason for writing:

    I wrote this poem as I am having difficulty meeting new people and 
they seem to be threatened by my straight forward approach and 
find it indimidating.  I find this unusual as I am straight forward
so that I hide the insecurities and the fact that I am shy, self conscious
and that I made a mistake during my last relationship so I am going
to screw up the next one.  I met someone very nice and we are talking
and getting to know each other but this poem is what it is like to meet someone
that I am interested in and I am thinking that I will mess up.

    

Birth sign: Not entered
Date created: 1996-11-17 15:58:06
Last updated: 2021-03-03 14:39:08
Poem ID: 46052

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