Every life is caught
  in time and space
  and shifts its position
  in every changing phase

If you wish
to know the truth
let yourself
be the truth

I'm part of society
  but to it I don't belong
  it has its own music
I sing my own song

Not through my words
nor my poems
would reveal the true me-
they are but fragments:
the intrinsic
is contained
in my within

perhaps
only a small part
of my true self
you could but best
have a glimpse

self is seldom transparent
each hides a veil within

you might trust me
implicitly
but I remain
somewhat
a mystery
in between

It was failure

which led me

to the right path:

I've since regarded

it as my life's true treasure

You conquer
not by intelligence
but by good manners
and character

I'm not smart

to any degree:

what I am

is due only

to my curiosity