Perplexing

Perplexing


And I shall hear your whisper
floating to me everywhere,
softly spoken, growing louder,
no denying it is there!

And I will go mad as I will listen.
This is not real what I hear!
Whispers, gentle whispers
growing louder in my ear.

Your presence will not be ignored.
Then I will see you in this room!
You are my friend, you are my confidant,
my harbinger of doom.

But you are real and I was blind before!
Once again you have had me see
it is they who cannot understand.
There is nothing wrong with me.

They try to TAKE, TAKE you away
and I almost played their game!
They about had me convinced my friend
that you never came.

But you are not real!
Yes, you are real.
Oh please someone, am I damned!
What is real?
What is make believe?
I do not understand!

--msl2022