#recognizing
they are infinite in number
from our most frightening childhood dreams
to terrible nightmares in our later years
born from guilt, disillusionment, trauma, shame
they glare at us all of a sudden
apropos nothing they flash into our minds
disrupt what little peace we may have found
in our busy lives
when they arise from their sealed chambers
undo the locks we put on them
to keep them quiet and remote
we have to face them
eye to dreadful eye
face to frightening face
then gradually
surprise
the closer our stare
the more we are aware
that all these faces share
what we find hard to recognize
they look
quite disconcertingly
like us
maybe we should
rather than banish them away
acknowledge them as what they are
the different facets of our selves
that we present to our world
from day to day
Nov 4, 2016
Nov 4, 2016 at 5:00 PM UTC
No matter how shattered our homes were
or how many times throughout the night we heard our own cries,
we all started off with a grin stretching over our faces
with wide eyes staring at the sapphire sky and the emerald trees,
curiosity always singing lullabies in our ears.
But eventually,
the sky turns to rust and the tree's leaves fall off
and we are left to wonder where we went wrong
and how we got to the edge of the world,
looking down a sempiternal pit of blank faces,
including your own.
And as we grew our hands became rougher
while others got smoother,
so with the same wide eyes
we gaze up at the people who we praised,
for climbing down the border of the earth
wondering how they fell into the world
and climbed off of it into their mind,
and it was only till now that we realized,
separate people conquer different insanities.
Apr 11, 2016
Apr 11, 2016 at 11:40 AM UTC
No matter how many times our paths cross by fate
I'll never once forgive you
But you'll never be a person I'll hate
Yet I still can't recognize you
Oct 5, 2024
Oct 5, 2024 at 11:23 AM UTC