When I first met you
you could barely stand
yourself
your words
not mine
It wouldn’t have been fair
asking you to stand with me
Unfair to me
not you
I see you question yourself now
“Can they see?”
“Do they know?”
You know you only hide
masks
shells
I laugh because you’ve even tried fur
Some see
Some know
And you pray
To see them before they see you
And you pray
To know them before they know you
I’ll say a French sigh instead of writing it
Anyway
You play a game called self
Id like to ask you some questions
but you already knew that didn’t you
© Christopher F. Brown 2017
Aug 2, 2017
Aug 2, 2017 at 9:43 PM UTC
When I first met you
you could barely stand
yourself
your words
not mine
It wouldn’t have been fair
asking you to stand with me
Unfair to me
not you
I see you question yourself now
“Can they see?”
“Do they know?”
You know you only hide
masks
shells
I laugh because you’ve even tried fur
Some see
Some know
And you pray
To see them before they see you
And you pray
To know them before they know you
I’ll say a French sigh instead of writing it
Anyway
You play a game called self
Id like to ask you some questions
but you already knew that didn’t you
© Christopher F. Brown 2017
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