While re-reading my last post, I thought about how the
feeling of alienation is not new to me.
For whatever reason, some of us, at some point in our life experience
this sense of separation from others. I
remembered a poem I wrote in my twenties.
At the risk of sounding new-agey,
cliché-ish, or extremely right-brained, I can honestly say that the poem
“came to me.” I didn’t fully understand
what the poem was about and did not title it back then. Now I realize that the
most appropriate title for this poem is Alienation. By the way, I am in no way promoting the
state of alienation or suggesting that it’s the place to be. I simply want to share this poem and dedicate
it to those who at one point or another for one reason or another experienced a
sense of isolation. May none of us stay
in that state for very long.
Alienation
by
Sonya Doernberg
The struggle with oneself begins
And who can win where no one wins
How can you not feel torn-apart?
When different voices rule your
heart
And you don’t know left from right
Thick clouds of fog are in your
sight
It makes you want to yell and
scream
But nothing can come in-between
You and that ever-lasting fog
And even if they threw a rock
It could not penetrate the wall
You’re separated from it all.
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