I Am Not Me
I am not “me”
I am not "me"; the "me" is gone; where is she?
Nowhere is "me," I can't find "me"; where is "me"?
I am so lost that "me" is gone; hear me cry,
The one I was the two we were lost all three.
Love I would steal; now it's so real, without you;
I am not there; you are not here; will I be?
Where is "me" now? I can't find her; she is gone.
I am lonely, without "me" now, can you see?
Let me be now, I want me now, in my dreams;
the "me" will come loving and loved; set me free.
How much longer I dream of you without you?
Tears will fall in all my thoughts in grief and glee.
The "me" is free, the free is glee, ask Haloo,
He knows that "me" sitting with me makes us we.
6/18/20
Haloo
Note: This poem is in the form of "Ghazal" with 11 syllables in each line (it can vary from 6-24). The rhyming in Ghazal ends with AA bA cA dA eA etc. It comes in two different forms with and without refrain. This particular Ghazal is without refrain. In a ghazal, the poet usually places his/her alias in the last line and becomes a part of the poem. (Poetrysoup has a great explanation for this form of poetry).
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