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A ghost

October 3, 2009
By Anonymous

A ghost
You say
You see
Me
But
I know
You
Don’t
I am
A
Ghost
Half way
In
Half way
Out
Incapable
Of showing
What I feel
Instead
I let them
Tell you
What I need
Who I am
When I’ll
Come
When I’ll
Leave
So
How
Can you
Say
You see
Me?
Who is
Me?
I am
Not me
I am
A
Puppet
Guided by
Your words
Of deception
I knew what
I had
Learned before
Was true
By I chose
You
So
Now
I can’t
function
Without your
Hand in
My butt
Feeding me
More
lies
I am
Guided
I don’t
Make
Any
Decisions
I am
Incompetent
So
I let
Them
Tie me
Up
Let them
Teach
Me
How to
Slowly
Rot
Away
Into nothing
But a ghost
Half way
In
Half way
Out


The author's comments:
This piece is about peer pressure. People are always saying how we have to stay "above the influence". This is stating why we do. I slowly watched my 2 of my summer friends become overwhelmed with the pressure to do drugs. This is what i saw them become.

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sparklezz said...
on Oct. 17 2009 at 8:37 pm
This is really good. I like your analogy a whole lot. Its true though because when people are like that they are only half themselves just like a ghost in only half way in our world.

gdog said...
on Oct. 15 2009 at 11:35 pm
wow.

thats good.

its like you're conforming to the way people want you to be...