ME

There is no way to be the real me
I'm afraid to set my inhibitions free
Never able to unleash my passion
So many emotions I have to ration

Holding all my feelings inside
Is the only way I know to hide
The real me I don't want known
There is much I haven't shown

I will never allow anyone too near
None will ever see me shed a tear
Never get close enough to know
The things I don't want to show

All the love I hold deep in my heart
And the caring that I could impart
A fiery passion burning in my soul
Things too difficult for me to control

From all my feelings I keep fleeing
To keep people from truly seeing
All things that I want to disguise
Like the hidden me that I despise

August 21, 2004

Poetry © Jan Haile Clark

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