I want to be -
What?
That is the problem. I simply want to be.
To clarify -
I wish to be me.
See, me - it is not the easiest thing to free. Eighteen years of uncertainty, of broken puzzle-piece searches through fear, love, art, what have you -
All for the chance to grasp even an inkling of identity;
Of me.
But, look -
I did it.
A start, anyhow. I saw my shadow, my outline,
and without hesitation
It was seized.
I gripped it tight
Refusing to let something sought so long
Slip through my fingers like water would fall.
Yet I lack time
I lack space
I lack ability,
Opportunity,
To break free of old restraints
Me - it is just infuriatingly
Beyond reach
I see you, me. I know what I need.
Yet I lay here imprisoned in a world worn by greed
Worked like a slave til eyes droop with fatigue
All I need is a door
A little room to escape
Room to breathe; breathing space
To find residence elsewhere;
Grab "me" on the way.
(Then, maybe then - I'll find peace. Some day.)
Mar 2, 2015
Mar 2, 2015 at 2:12 PM UTC
I want to be -
What?
That is the problem. I simply want to be.
To clarify -
I wish to be me.
See, me - it is not the easiest thing to free. Eighteen years of uncertainty, of broken puzzle-piece searches through fear, love, art, what have you -
All for the chance to grasp even an inkling of identity;
Of me.
But, look -
I did it.
A start, anyhow. I saw my shadow, my outline,
and without hesitation
It was seized.
I gripped it tight
Refusing to let something sought so long
Slip through my fingers like water would fall.
Yet I lack time
I lack space
I lack ability,
Opportunity,
To break free of old restraints
Me - it is just infuriatingly
Beyond reach
I see you, me. I know what I need.
Yet I lay here imprisoned in a world worn by greed
Worked like a slave til eyes droop with fatigue
All I need is a door
A little room to escape
Room to breathe; breathing space
To find residence elsewhere;
Grab "me" on the way.
(Then, maybe then - I'll find peace. Some day.)
