Title: "Nobody At All"
Authoress: Her Dark Contemplations
Inspiration: Volumes one, four, five and seven of CLAMP's Chobits series.
Music: "A Neverending Dream" by Cascada.

Author's Notes: Last week I was feeling really down, and tired. So I got out my volumes of Chobits and began reading. I quickly lost myself in the storyline and the beauty of CLAMP's characters, particularly Chi/Elda, Freya, Dita and Zima, and Yuzuki. Then I wrote this. I used the "I Am" format because that's always been my favorite type of poem and it seemed to fit the words somehow. The lines are not all one person's point of view, but rather the voices of several persocoms (mostly Chi/Elda, but you can find others if you look). Hope you like.


"Nobody At All"


I am somebody special. I am nobody at all.
I wonder if there really is a "someone just for me."
I hear a voice from within telling me that I am wonderful.
I see broken jewels coming together to form a breathtaking picture.
I want someone to love me for who I am, for what I can and cannot do because I am me.
I am somebody special. I am nobody at all.

I pretend to be someone I am not.
I feel different from those around me, somehow contriving to be flawless and imperfect at the same time.
I touch upon things I am unable to comprehend.
I worry about things that are beyond my control.
I cry for what is lost, and afterwards I feel better.
I am somebody special. I am nobody at all.

I understand what "they" fail to notice, and misunderstand what "they" take for granted.
I say what I think "they" want to hear.
I dream of a place where I truly belong, a place on the other side of reality.
I try to be what "they" want me to be.
I hope to be somebody else, or maybe just myself.
I am somebody special. I am nobody at all.