My Soul, No Longer Behind the Curtain

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It's been too long,

It is time to reveal.

If the leaves can show the world their true colors, 

Why can't I?

I have more potential than an inanimate object, 

Yet I still cannot expose the real me.

I have gotten used to this shadow, 

The shadow in which I dwell in.

I have reached a state of comfort in this confined place, 

An isolated place.

I have reached a state of mind, 

Where I believe I am not good enough.

The people have been hypnotized,

Society has taken over.

Therefore, I will not be accepted,

Not even in the church.

Their god is the god of all action and of all judgement,

Yet His people still judge and reject.

How can I present myself in the light of dark?

In the light of a dystopia?

I must have faith.

Not in the person that I am,

But in the soul that composes the person that I am.

My soul is warm,

And as soothing as a bird's chirp in the new morning,

As serene as the crescent moon in the night sky.

I will emerge from behind this curtain, 

From this dark cocoon.

The world has narrow eyes,

But will see me for who I am.

My true potential will prevail,

And the curtain will be no longer.

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