Francis Maugo Poet Free verse

Emotionally Scarred

© Francis Maugo
 Try not to trust my words;
they're lies that I manufacture to
project an ideal life and
persuade you I'm OK.

Try not to believe my words
For I was once enslaved into 
Drinking and drugs.
Furthermore, the isolation
I received from my fellow
Teaching staffs, the excommunication
Stigmatization was the order of the day.

Try not to believe the grin you see;
it's a veneer to hide
burning agony, intense disgrace,
sheer despair.
Its the scars i got from the depression 
I suffered.

Try not to get tricked by my chuckling;
it is just a reverberation
of empty internal parts, longing
for faculties to return.
Try not to get persuaded by my lucidity and request;
borne in endeavor to
control the disarray
furthermore conciliate the situation unfolding inside.

Try not to be dazed by
The flawlessness I radiate,
The boldness I counterfeit,
The honesty I fake,
The certainty I wear 
For I'm broken into pieces

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