Read Poem: THE STRANGER, by Melvin Glazer

In the day of your night, I come
a stranger appearing and disappearing
like a mirage in the desert of your dreams
In the day of your night, you come
a chaser of ghosts, but you will never find who you seek
for whom you seek is no longer there
No matter how hard you look
no matter how much you hurt
you will never find him in me
and who you do find (in me) is not who I am
but a stranger of little value to you
when placed next to the ghost of who I was
and in looking for who I was, you fail to see me

In the day of my night you come
but not as a chaser of ghosts
for no matter how hard I look
no matter how much I hurt
I can never bring back what was
the wonderful boy who is now a man
I can only deal with what is and what is, is
I see the part of me that is part of you
as you see the part of you that is part of me, and that will never change
I will always be your father and you will always be my son
and I will always love the boy you were and the man you are
and you will always love the ghost of who I was
but perhaps, one day, you’ll love the stranger in me too
and forgive me for all I did and didn’t do
for by forgiving me, you will in so doing, be forgiving yourself
thus a gift to each and each to the other
the greatest gift of all
LOVE

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