I don’t feel any different
to myself in the mirror yet
everyone else seems to
think so, but perception is
deception and anyway one
has to ask which version
of them is visible to me
especially when considering
that they are adept at playing
hide and seek, because they
have no idea what it’s like, to
be lost, for a lifetime, in a maze!



Ryan O'Leary
The Proscribed Poet



Ps

After a 40 year absence I met
A well known Mallow businessman
In the foyer of the Hibernian Hotel.
He gave me a condescending look
And said “ Not You Again “