- Non-Erotic Poetry
- doors of perception
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self perception comes and goes
with changing accuracy
who really, truly knows themselves?
we’re never sure, are we?
dependency on others then
is paramount to see
relationship our image shapes
if dealt with honestly
some play games for cruelty’s sake
others just for fun
to spare our feelings some lie to us
the result is damage done
who are you to change the rules
with motives you deem pure?
better to have silence kept
than let me hope for more
expectations built on trust
have shattered on the ground
my willingness to trust again
is now completely bound
who am i, the question rings,
i’m now without a clue.
far less than you had hinted at
when I had hoped to be with you
if only there had been no game,
no fantasy held out,
dreams based upon illusion’s myth
now ending in self doubt
wouldn’t it have seemed better then,
less damaging and true,
to never have played the game with me
that made me dream of you?
i’ll never know your motives, girl,
my gift is benefit of doubt.
i still wonder then who I am
and what’s this all about?
next time I’ll not so naïve be
god knows i need reprieve
good and complimentary things
i’ll simply not believe
self perception comes and goes
with changing accuracy
who really, truly knows themselves?
we’re never sure, are we?
