by Carley Gyles

Created on: December 12, 2010

Have I Passed This Way?

Where am I? 
Have I passed this way? 
I’m frightened;
I feel so alone.

People are here,
faces vaguely familiar. 
They seem to know me;
they call me by name.

Where am I? 
Have I passed this way?
I inquired of my destination
and each time felt assured.

Answers are unclear.
I can’t recall where I am to go,  
nor do I know the reason I must.
A stranger to myself, yet others know me.    

Where am I? 
Have I passed this way?  
Head, spinning; Heart, pounding in my chest.
I must find my way.

Confusion suffocates me.
Fear is paralyzing.
Loneliness weeps.
…I have no more tears.

Where am I? 
Have I passed this way?
…I’ve lost my way; please help me…

...I feel so alone.

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