--- title: Stranger Within date: 2009-06-01T09:59:13Z modified: 2009-06-01T10:00:51Z permalink: "https://www.poetryoflife.com/stranger-within/" type: post status: publish excerpt: "" wpid: 687 categories: - Life Poems featured_image: "https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/stranger_within.jpg" author: Praveen Kumar timestamp: 2009-06-01T10:00:51Z tags: - Life Poems --- ![stranger_within](http://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/stranger_within-207x300.jpg "stranger_within") I reached out to touch your hand but i was so far away, the farther i reach the farther you pull away like the tide in the sea; The [minutes](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/5-minutes.md) pass like years i feel your thoughts [running](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/running-dark.md) through my mind i make a wish on a shooting [star](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/stars-dark.md) and I pray that you return to me; the [rain](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/a-rose-in-the-rain.md) falls down all I can think of is you each splash on my face a gentle kiss; as we stand in the same road staring up above into the [night](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/waiting-for-the-night.md) sky our hearts both aching, yearning for something better in this world; we are what we have always been dreamers searching for answers in the night sky we look for light in a world blinded by materialism and hedonism; as i take the pieces of the dreams still left (within me) and spread them out, to rearrange them one by one i move one step closer; standing on borrowed time, and running out of options i move one step closer (determined) to find the [stranger](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/a-stranger-in-paradise.md) within; – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – at first read, this might sound broken or even [incomplete](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/incomplete.md). But try to read once or even twice, then it might make some sense. There may also be more than one [meaning](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/life-still-has-a-meaning.md) to some lines. personal reflection. – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – I read and walked for miles at night along the beach, writing bad blank verse and searching endlessly for [someone](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/i-am-someone.md) wonderful who would step out of the darkness and change my life. It never crossed my mind that that person could be me. – Anna Quindlen Look within!… The secret is inside you. – Hui-neng One of the greatest moments in anybody’s developing experience is when he no longer tries to hide from himself but determines to get acquainted with himself as he really is. – Norman Vincent Peale Reflect upon your present blessings – of which every man has many – no on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some. – Charles Dickens The longest journey of any person is the journey inward. – Dag Hammerskjvld The stories of past courage… can offer hope, they can provide inspiration. But they cannot supply courage itself. For this each man must look into his own soul. – John F. Kennedy – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –