Adolescent Angst

The knowledge that I am
is not.
Like an hallucination,
I am
nothing more than
a name --
a designation of something
that is
yet to be.

The future must unfold
all that
I become in later years.
For now, 
I know not why,
or, perhaps,
even that I do
exist....
Copyright © | Year Posted 2012

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October 12, 2012 at 9:47 AM
I too, have so wondered
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