(#2/24): “Obsession”

Who were you that I saw,

A face among many,

In that passing crowd?

 

Who were you that I saw,

Still haunts my dreams,

To this very day?

 

Who were you that I saw,

Anchors me to the past,

Never letting go?

 

Who were you that I saw,

I blame for all that’s wrong,

To this very day?

 

Who were you that I saw,

That has me stuck

In this prison of my mind?

 

Who were you that I saw,

This phantom of my misfortune …

Or, did I?

 

I remember nothing,

And everything.

 

I regret nothing,

Yet everything.

 

© 2017 S Phua

2 thoughts on “(#2/24): “Obsession”

  1. Yes – highly personal: veering from remember everything to remember nothing – a real indication of the chaos that one person can cause another. There’s such an intimacy in these questions – yet the person they’re addressed to remains out of reach.

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