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Look
Have a good look upon me
And tell me: am I an alien or not
Alien I was as far as I remember
Alien I feel
And I intended to depart alien
Now, I stumble in an exotic city that hums:
Stay stranger … stay
Am I not an align
Go deep into my verse and tell me
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30th of December 2009
Istanbul, Turkey
In a sense we are all aliens upon this earth. We do not know our true selves ( our souls) some are quite aware that they indeed have a soul but they really do not know their soul. Perhaps this is the struggle you feel is going on in your life. You are a deep, sensitive poet so it could be that part of you that is feeling conflicted by what all you feel on the inside compared to all that is going on in life on the outside of yourself. I feel that way sometimes as if I do not belong. Like I was put on the wrong world and should have been put upon the more sensitive deep thinking one rather than this shallow greed and power based reality we find ourselves living in. Just keep writing out whatever it is you feel as its a form of coping I feel with all that is conflicting inside of you.
I enjoyed this poem. Thank you for sharing. sincerely, Melissa Lundeen