The Girl From Far Away | Teen Ink
  1. Home
  2. Poetry
  3. Free Verse
  4. The Girl From Far Away

The Girl From Far Away

December 20, 2012
By sydneeharris16 DIAMOND, Auburn, Maine
More by this author
sydneeharris16 DIAMOND, Auburn, Maine
76 articles 4 photos 32 comments

Favorite Quote:
we the willing, lead by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. we have done so much for so long with so little, we are now qualified to do anything with nothing.

View profile

Lurking in the hallway
Waiting for that glimpse of you
I wonder if you notice me
If you really, truly notice me
Or just simply see me.
I am at one end and you
Are at the other
I am the girl from far away
That wishes to be up close
As the people who don’t mean a thing
Keep me from what means everything--
I don’t have the courage.
I pray to someone I doubt is real
Yet hear I am forcing myself to feel
These feelings that destroy me
As I see you across the hall
I doubt if you see me,
the girl from far away.
I doubt if you see me one bit
At all.

© Halsey S., Marblehead, MA

Post a comment
Submit your own

Similar Articles

Previous Next
Poetry
La Push
By Renesmeem BRONZE
SeaTac, Washington
Renesmeem BRONZE, SeaTac, Washington
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
View profile
Poetry
To a Brother Growing Up
By imperfection GOLD
Gilroy, California
imperfection GOLD, Gilroy, California
17 articles 9 photos 45 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Dream as though you&#039;ll live forever, live as though you&#039;ll die today.&quot;<br /> ~James Dean (1931-1955), American Motion Picture Actor, symbol of rebellion

View profile
Poetry
The Protectors' of the World
By Arbys GOLD
Dobbs Ferry, New York
Arbys GOLD, Dobbs Ferry, New York
15 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.&quot;Edgar Allan Poe<br /> &quot;A dream doesn&#039;t become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work. ~Colin Powell&quot; ~ Colin Powell<br /> &quot;Wisdom is not finally tested in the schools, Wisdom <br /> &quot;A poem is never finished, only abandoned.&quot;-Paul Valery

View profile
Poetry
Remembrance
By Rachel Bellah BRONZE
Seattle, Washington
Rachel Bellah BRONZE, Seattle, Washington
4 articles 0 photos 1 comment
View profile
Poetry
Alice
By Keasbey GOLD
La Habra Heights, California
Keasbey GOLD, La Habra Heights, California
12 articles 0 photos 7 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I will no longer pray on my knees, to a god who&#039;s left me so many times. I will no longer pray on my knees, to a god who won&#039;t answer my call.&quot;

View profile
Poetry
Me
By Beth Warne BRONZE
Charlton On Otmoor, Other
Beth Warne BRONZE, Charlton On Otmoor, Other
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
View profile

JOIN THE DISCUSSION

This article has 0 comments.