Do I know you?

by Shay Blair

I can feel it, I can see it, but I can't remember it.

Another Sweeney Todd poem. They keep coming into my head without warning, and I have to write them down. So enjoy!

Characters should be pretty clear.

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Do I know you?
Your eyes so black
so cold.
Your skin so pale
so white.

Do I know you?
Your hair so messy
one white streak.
Your hands so shaky
unsure.

Do I know you?
Your mouth so taut
unsmiling
But somehow I can picture
you smiling.

Do you know me?
You stand there so silently
no change.
Am I wrong?

Do I know you?
Your memory so faint
but coming back.
Your person so handsome
so kind
so loving
so generous
so naïve.

I hear his voice
coming up the stairs
my tormentor.

I know you.
I know him.
I am about to tell you
warn you
when I see the way you turn
grasping
your razors so precious
so cold.

As my last thought
I hold onto what I know
I know you.
You don't know me.

Not anymore.

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What do you think? It's a free-verse poem again, that's the style that seems to flow lately.

Until we meet again,

Shay