They Don'T Know Me Poem by Richard Lam

They Don'T Know Me

Rating: 4.0


It's been like this for so long
Almost like a forgotten song.
They think I'm the clown,
Easy smiles and quick jokes,
And so never frown.
They think I'm the magician,
Full of tricks and charms,
You can never call them pedestrian.
They think I always stand tall,
And likely have it all.
They think I am the solution
For their everyday situations.
But they don't know.
They don't know that inside me
There's already a vast ocean of sadness,
A wide desert of loneliness.
They don't know I am an abandoned island
That now can't connect with their mainland.
They don't know my doubts,
That drive me mad that sometimes all I want to do is shout.
They don't know my beautiful shell
Is the one thing left I could sell.
They don't know that
I don't show them the real me.
They don't know that
I don't know how to stop being the fake me,
Because it's been like this for so long
Almost like a forgotten song.

POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
I don't know if I'll ever be able to write something as personal and honest as this one again.
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Adeline Foster 05 July 2013

Ah, so candid and telling with deep emotional gloom. Heads-up and read mine - Saturday Morning Mood - Adeline

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