“CHANGELING”

I a’m one of many,

my mask falls,

only when the curtains drop.

If you see through me,

it’s because I have invited you in.

I am invisible like a chameleon,

aesthetically pleasing to the eyes,

but dark and mysterious to the heart.

I share in your emotions,

Only to mirror them back to you.

My soul bares the weight of my sins.

Only God has access to my indiscretions.

My voice is silenced when the crowd comes near,

But my thoughts race a marathon while I sit calmly,

in the presence of your eyes.

I am one of many,

I smile to please you,

I cry to release you,

I scream to announce my love for you,

I keep my distance,

even while, we are in the same room.

I am a chameleon,

A changeling,

An illusion,

A scattered dream.

I am,

YOU.

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