Far Away From Me Poem by Nick Kler

Some days, I come home tired
Deceived by my brother and many others
I change my clothes and I sit besides the window
And watch some kids playing hide n seek
I hear their loud and innocent screams
That could easily put me to sleep

I see a woman carrying
Heavy bags of groceries
Her little girl crying
As if she was trying
To erase her mother’s pain
I could see her tears
Flowing down her cheeks

She wants to help
She wants to carry the bags
She wants to hold the keys
To open the front door
She wants to do it
But all on her own

What happened to us?
In the midst of all this
How did we manage to kill?
That part of human bliss
Who asked us to lie?
Who forced us to die?

I need that child
Back within me again
I need those floods
That drained through my cheeks
For no reasons, none at all

I need to play hide n seek
And hide somewhere far away from me
Never to be found again

Nick Kler