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We're Strangers

October 24, 2009
By Anonymous

I don’t think you know me,
Even though you say you do,
I don’t you’ve seen me,
Even though you know my eyes are blue,
I don’t think you’ve really talked to me,
‘Cause every conversation’s been about you,
So don’t tell me what to do,
Don’t tell me what to say,
Don’t tell me who to be,
‘Cause you don’t know what’s in my heart,
On my mind,
Or how deep my soul can go,
And you haven’t seen me smile,

Seen me cry,

Or be all that I can be,
And you haven’t talked to me about my friends,

My family,

Yea you never listened to things that deep,
So if you don’t know me,
And you haven’t seen me,
And you’ve never talked to me before,
Then I don’t know you,
And I haven’t seen you,
And I’ve never talked to you before,

And momma always told me to keep away from strangers.

The author's comments:
I wrote this with a couple of my friends in mind. I'd realized that even though I consider them my freinds, they really don't know me all that well. We hang out together all the time... but do we ever talk about things that really matter?

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Lonleydandy said...
on Nov. 23 2009 at 8:51 pm
I really love this poem. I have had the same thing happen to me. I want to know someone, but they really don't know me......again, great poem!!!!!