Who I Am
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Parts of me,
Secrets,
Scream to be captured on paper,
To deserve even a smidgen of recognition,
But I can’t part with them,
I fear that others might see the true self I keep hidden,
And won’t like me,
Or worse,
Judge me,
And I hate being judged,
I must keep these secrets under locked and key,
Penned under an anonymous name,
An anonymous face,
The cages of reality shatter,
And I run free,
Carried through the ink of my soul,
And never solely captured,
The whispers of my being reflect onto other souls,
Other eyes and other ears,
Reminding me that I am not alone,
Reminding these others,
That they are not alone,
Poetry is my release,
It is my freedom,
It is my salvation,
It is who I am