Do You Really Know Me?
In each of us there are many sides
that we seldom ever let others see.
In me are many places
where hides true selves and beliefs.
Why do I have to be one way with some
and another with others?
Why can't I be whoever I am
and wear all sides proudly?
Is it because I have to censor with one
while I may be open to another?
If I feel something closing in on me
do I have to hide it so I may not burden
a person I know not so well?
If I feel joy,
why do I want the world to know?
But if I feel sadness
why must I keep it to myself?
Anger is a common thing
yet dare I express it?
Or must I oppress it?
Why can't I show how I hurt?
But yet shout how I love.
I want to be free to be me
which I cannot do while this society
watches for my dark self or my lonely self.
They wait to pounce as wolves
on my slightest weakness or in their opinion
my departure from the me they think they know.
Walk with me through a day and see who I really am.
Then decide if you want to know me.
Norma Cornette Marek
May 1994
 
 
 
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