Alone
Yet surrounded
A yearning
Deep within
Sizes my heart
It seems
If I reach out
My hand will find
Will grasp
That something
It's invisible
Yet it's there
No one else seems to see
Or seems to want it
Nor act as if they know it exists
I, only I
Can feel it
Can search for it
And touch it
But I must work
Do all I can
To grasp it
It's not an easy task
But I must do
In order to have
No matter the fears
I have to face
Or the difficulties
That make the path
Seem impossible
But courage and strength
Will overcome the hurdles
And somewhere, somehow
That something
I will obtain
I will cherish
I will treasure
Commentary:
A memory comes to mind with this particular poem, and perhaps it was the inspiration to it. It was my first year leaving home and going to college. I was in a new place and beginning the transition of living on my own, and one night I decided to begin writing some poems. I was alone in the room, and this might sound crazy to most people, but I felt a strange effect in my mind that made everything around me change a little. I was keenly aware at how physical everything was and how I felt as I reached out my hand in the air that there was something beyond those physical walls that was capable of taking it. It's really difficult to explain.
The poem itself speaks of this sensation and of the effort I need to take in order to be able to receive the grasp I'm searching for. Everyone has a dream or a goal, or something out there that seems unobtainable, but even the most difficult of them always has a way to be reached. Sometimes luck slips in, but for most people, it's difficult relentless work that helps them reach it.
