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Alone, Yet Surrounded

December 28, 2012
By Rancom GOLD, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
Rancom GOLD, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Live as if you were to live forever.&quot;<br /> - Mahatma Gandhi


I am surrounded by people,
yet alone.
My heart is gone,
back home, where it stayed,
when I came to this
foreign land.

I know not what
to do.
My mind keeps my body
occupied, doing
school work and such.
Going about the everyday
activities--
school, eating, family.

My memories come alive
whenever I rest,
whenever
I stop to think,
to remember,
to feel.

I am alone,
there is no one here
who I love,
outside of my family.
No one who I can love,
and be loved by,
even as friends.

I'm alone, regardless
of how I act,
or seem.
No matter how I
answer a questionnaire,
or if I say
"I'm awesome!
How are you?"

Alone,
my heart long gone,
back to its home,
where I can love
and be loved,
regardless of who
I love.
Where I can be
near to my
Love.


The author's comments:
I wrote this shortly after moving, and the homesickness took a bit of a hold on my writing.

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Rancom GOLD said...
on Jan. 3 2013 at 9:58 pm
Rancom GOLD, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
10 articles 0 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Live as if you were to live forever.&quot;<br /> - Mahatma Gandhi

Thank you! It feels good to know that I'm not the only one who feels like that sometimes :)

Hannabug GOLD said...
on Jan. 3 2013 at 9:48 pm
Hannabug GOLD, Winona, Minnesota
10 articles 0 photos 141 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Don&#039;t only practice your art, but force your way into its secrets, for it and knowledge can raise men to the Divine.&quot; Ludwig van Beethoven

I know how you feel in this poem.... i have moved around so much.... But the poem is really good!!! :D