Facets of My Being
There’s light and dark in every soul
Control dictates their want and will.
Drifting cold between the lines
No sign of ever keeping still
There’s more to me than meets the eye
If you try, you’ll see some
But never all, there’s always more
Contoured my image has become
Which part of me will you see?
A bleeding wretch of a man?
Or shall you find the light inside
The sides of me you see and scan
No one ever truly knows,
Though my prose can show the truth,
How many different forms I take,
For your sake, I pick and choose.
But all these different sides of me
Scream at one another
I walk so many paths at once
Thus my soul is torn asunder
I’m underkept and overwhelmed,
Impelled to keep my soul afloat
I try so hard to please them all
Called a bitter man by most
All of my light sides and dark sides,
They flied amongst my hopes and dreams
I try to keep them all aloft
A cost this hath tolled on me
But still, I hold to my oath
Most would’ve stopped by now
I hope you look at me and know
I show only what I allow.
Copyright © Davis Mills | Year Posted 2021
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