I am a 'Nobody'

Not your boyfriend, husband or lover

Nor the boy who was your first crush

Nor the handsome sailor with whom you danced the first time

Nor your generous boss who taught you all the rules

I am the faceless distraction of your life

I am the lubricant to the life, dreary and lonely

I am unleashed energy when life gets lethargic

I am fantasy and the smell of anticipated sex

I am nothing more than a surrogate without a face

I am everything you need with no release

I am sin without guilt or absolution

I am the question in the face of your solutions

You won’t remember me tomorrow

Don’t look in my eyes today

I am nothing more than escape

In a hallway of mirrors with false doors

Don’t follow me

Don’t remember me