Here I Stand

Do you see me standing there 
Looking like I do care
But it’s a mask you see
Of what I want to be

But you won’t see who I am
And the chink in my armoured plan
So here I stand so very proud
Only showing what will be allowed.

© Paul Warren Poetry
Copyright © | Year Posted 2018

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