Where are you

"Most people are not looking for provable truths. As you said, truth is often accompanied by intense pain, and almost no one is looking for painful truths. What people need is beautiful, comforting stories that make them feel as if their lives have some meaning." 

- Haruki Murakami



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That was exactly what I saw in you

Your thirsting need for recognition
the desperate race to some form of sanity to keep 
you anchored and collected at nightfall

It was as if you were floating out at sea
and I was the only light you saw
You knew that you would get to shore one day

You needed validation
Someone to render temporal help
and so you moved from anchor to 
anchor seeking precisely that

I am no anchor
I need to be saved

So where are you
and your pretty words

screaming out for attention
like a helpless seal 
under the watchful eyes of its predator

So where are you
and your promises
to never leave

to stay

Where are you