This Isn't Living
I see you sitting there
Night after night
Living someone else's passions
Worried about some stranger's future
Borrowing some guy's dreams
Involved in another couple's romance
As if you were so empty inside
That you couldn't live your own life
I see you glued there
Your eyes look like mirrors to the almighty screen
And I can't help but wonder
What happened to the dreams you had to once have
How your life would be if you finally decided to live it
But I still see you there half-sleeping
And I wonder what I've been doing here
How I ever got here
Where my suitcases are
What I'll take with me
What I'll tell you as I leave
How you'll take the news
Oh- you'll be crushed for sure
For a while, maybe for a long while
And you'll have just one more excuse to escape
one more reason not to live your life
So sad
Submitted on August 23, 2020 for contest YOUR FIRST POEM ON POETRY SOUP sponsored by SILENT ONE - RANKED 1ST
and on August 14, 2017 for contest MID AUGUST PREMIERE sponsored by BRIAN STRAND - RANKED 4TH
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