Suddenly I Am Alone

I run, gasping for breath,
heart pounding, every muscle under stress,
eyes blurred in frantic dismay,
not knowing which direction to take,
and close behind my adversary,
gaining with each stride,
and I about to pop, my heart’s had enough,
as I look back fleetingly in fear,
to see this foe within which my world
could so easily disappear.

I stumble in exhaustion,
legs numb then cramping an acute absorption,
a voiceless scream in aphonic scramble,
as I hit the ground disabled,
the air frozen, so amply filled with fear,
as my foe stands above me, a cold glare,
and then I realize, it is me,
my adversary is myself,
I am running from myself
so afraid of what I might see.

A hand extended, helps me to my feet,
and confronted, eye to eye I begin to bleed,
for all I fear is wound into my own reflection,
a loose connection unrealized,
and no words spoken somehow allay my fears,
as open I am to this, myself,
and delve I do into those eyes glaring,
to see too much for the staring,
too much for me to handle,
in this light-less realm with but one candle.

But there is compassion,
a warmth of forgiveness here,
and it does help to placate my fear,
as we stand astride, lost in each others eyes,
as if transfixed, deeply hypnotized,
and questions brim within my clearing mind,
but my tongue all twisted in compromise,
as conversations ensue, beyond my comprehension
but somehow understood,
and for a moment I think I’m dreaming,
yet how clear this is, as if a streaming
from a consciousness I’ve not known.

Suddenly I am Alone.

Tony DeLorger © 2018

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Tony DeLorger

Full time author, freelance writer, poet and blogger since 1999. Twenty one published works, past winner of 'Poet of the Year' on HubPages, 'Poem of the Year' on The Creative Exiles, writer for Allpoetry.com, Google+, tonydwtf.blogspot.com.au
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