I am a shadow of myself,
Walking through life
Ten steps behind everything
I do and see.

I am a reflection of my mind
That can never fully see
Everything that I am-
Though I live in it every moment.

I am a projection of everyone else
And every thing that I wish I was,
Knowing I am anything but.
Not knowing how to change.

I am a grey spot on my heart
Aching silently at every turn,
Miraculously pumping life
Through shrinking veins.

I am a glare in my eyes
Blinding my thoughts
And skewing reality-
Endlessly searching through a squint.

I am all the thoughts I think
Without ever being spoken,
Everything that I am lives in my brain
And all that I need dies in my mind.