Contradicting Me
Contradicting Me
I'm a man of contradictions
I know just how it seems.
A travesty a tragedy
a man of such extremes.
Each time you pull me closer
you're pushing me away.
I'm silent for awhile
then I've got a lot to say.
I write of peace and happiness
while broken deep within.
I'm leaving for forever
or til I come back again.
Sometimes I hate the shadows
but still I love the night.
I hate the lies that people tell
and hide them from the light.
Still I tell of love undying
and things still yet to be.
I say I hate the lying
but still I lie to me.
I say that it will be ok
no matter where I go.
I say that it will be alright
and I don't even know.
A shining light to many
but yet I am ill fated.
Loved by one here and there
by others I am hated.
I'm a man of contradictions
I know just how it seems.
A travesty a tragedy
a man of such extremes.
Edwin C Hofert
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