Friday, May 31, 2013

Alien Life

Sometimes 
I swear
I must be an alien,
just visiting this planet,
without a clue
to the workings of this world
or its inhabitants.

I don’t want to draw
attention to
myself.

I try to figure out how to act
by observing
the indigenous species,
so I can blend in
and appear to belong.


When I was a kid my friend Lori gave me a teeshirt that said "I'm just visiting this planet" I wonder what she knew...
This is for G-man and his FF55 where folks offer 55 words of wisdom, wimsey or whatever!  Click on the link and check it out.
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21 comments:

  1. Brian MillerMay 31, 2013 at 7:15 AM

    smiles...there is some comfort in blending...as long as we dont lose ourselves...though at times it seems i dont understand much either...

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  2. izzyMay 31, 2013 at 7:36 AM

    This is how I felt as a kid, all the time! A copycat I guess- thanks!

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  3. TALONMay 31, 2013 at 7:53 AM

    Stranger in a strange land - I can totally relate to that feeling. That's neat about the T-shirt. Friends know us sometimes better than we know ourselves (or maybe it's that they clearly see the parts of us we keep most hidden).

    Loved this 55!

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  4. LincMay 31, 2013 at 8:21 AM

    It never hurts to acknowledge one's own bubble once in a while. Nicely written!

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  5. Pat HattMay 31, 2013 at 9:05 AM

    I'd rather be an alien then be one of the hum drum

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  6. RavenMay 31, 2013 at 9:24 AM

    I've had similar feelings. I swear I don't belong here sometimes. Awesome 55 :)

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  7. AnonymousMay 31, 2013 at 9:26 AM

    Ha! Very clever. A feeling that is universal - we all are aliens! Yet so well captured here. k.

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  8. anthonynorthMay 31, 2013 at 9:57 AM

    An all too common feeling perfectly expressed.

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  9. hedgewitchMay 31, 2013 at 9:59 AM

    I think it actually might be a *good* thing to be an alien on this planet, being as how the indigenous species is definitely NUTS. This is a great take, Mary.

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  10. Alice AudreyMay 31, 2013 at 10:01 AM

    I spent almost all of my childhood wondering how to get back to my home world, wherever that might be. Then I started reading science fiction. :)

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  11. HelenMay 31, 2013 at 10:37 AM

    Wanting to chant 'take me to your leader .. take me to your leader'

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  12. AnonymousMay 31, 2013 at 10:53 AM

    This is great! I wonder if we all feel this way wandering around and looking at the rest of society. I've finally decided it's better not to adapt to the ways of the natives, and I just accept my weirdness.

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  13. L. Edgar OttoMay 31, 2013 at 12:47 PM

    So deep the idea and paradox between the idea of our spirit as just a visitor here that is different from a soul as we race to understand our lives that feels too late... angels, ghosts, and aliens and who knows how we try to say this next? Yes, razzamadazzle... you recognize the great and ask if it is about society as a whole, we are magicians really who can pull the rare card out of the deck not knowing how but pretending to the world such things does not freak us out as we accept them.

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  14. Doctor FTSEMay 31, 2013 at 12:56 PM

    When on Earth, do as the Earthmen do.

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  15. Kerry O'ConnorMay 31, 2013 at 2:46 PM

    Funny..I know just what you mean.

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  16. g-manMay 31, 2013 at 6:57 PM

    Aha!!!!!!!
    I knew it!!!
    I knew you weren't from this world.
    You creative brilliance has to be from another planet
    Loved your introspective 55
    Thanks for sharing your imagination with us
    You have a Kick Ass Week-End

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  17. MargaretMay 31, 2013 at 8:17 PM

    Moving south... well, I felt I had joined another planet for a while. Was struck MUTE when I heard a woman at the pool talking negatively about black people in a way I have NEVER heard! I was stunned and so embarrassed for her. Thank God she moved away - Now I am ashamed I didn't speak up - it just stunned me so.

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  18. FireblossomMay 31, 2013 at 9:29 PM

    See you on the Mothership back home, Mary!

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  19. Vanessa Victoria KilmerJune 1, 2013 at 5:57 PM

    Wouldn't it be nice if we were aliens. Then we could leave.

    Flash 55 - prick lee

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  20. goatmanJune 2, 2013 at 1:14 PM

    Maybe WE are all the aliens and the actual indigenous species are drifting along and around between us,not wanting to communicate yet-- maybe never.

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  21. AnonymousJune 5, 2013 at 10:09 AM

    I often feel like that... and I don't blend in all too well... : ) well-writ sis

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