Point Of View Poem by Vanessa Kingsley

She stares out the window
She prays to the listening wind
Hoping
Someone can hear

He sits with his guitar
Thinking and feeling
Hoping
Everything will turn out alright

In her mind a song wheels about
It jogs her memory
It helps her calm down

He writes about love
Yet not found
Hearts scattered
All around

She wonders if he’s thinking of her
She doubts it
She smiles
Completely undisturbed

He wonders what will happen now
His feelings make no sense
His smile
Not worth while

Two different people
Caught in trap
Two different people
That will be that

Two different stories
That stay far apart
They will intertwine
A work of art

She is the one they all know
A friend in the summer
A stranger in snow
She is the girl with a problem
Fighting to crawl away

He is the boy they once knew
His mind is askew
He cuts; he will bruise
She tried to help him get back
He said okay
But then stole it away

Oh
She gives up
On trying
To be
Something she’s not
She isn’t what fits into his category
She isn’t what he wants in his story
Merely a friend
Merely a helper
He knows she’d do anything
Because hope still lingers.

She stares out of the window
She prays to the listening wind
Hoping
He’ll let her in…