Discrepancy

(My  reality)

You don’t see it, but I do

And you want to see it, too.

Still, I want to keep it just for me

And keep pretending it’s poetry.

You look around, but you don’t see.

It’s nothing, it’s nowhere;

I see a shadow, hear a whisper

And take all these as true and fair.

You don’t feel it, but I do.

And you want to feel it, too.

Still, I want to keep it personal...

I’m dreaming and hoping not to fall.

You look around. Still, you don’t see.

Though it’s everywhere, it’s just for me.

I see the shadow, I hear the wisper...

It charms me and I accept it as my reality.

First published in "Contemporary Poetry Digest Monthly" in 2011, the November issue. It also appeared in the annual anthology "From the Heart", 2011, December.