The Stranger

Alone, deep inside myself,

A familiar
stranger resides.

She moved in a year
since,

Took my name,

Proclaimed it
as her own.

Talked with my
tongue,

A voice that was not
mine.

Soaked my soul in her
essence

Until it was no more.

I
have long since given up

The fight and left my
home

As she ordered,

Leaving behind
the merest

Hint of a memory

That I
ever lived there at all.

Now my best days are acted
out

In someone else's
mind...

Inside my life the shadows
flicker,

She's laughing at me

For
she knows she's almost won.