Kaleidoscope

Shattered shards of a broken kaleidoscope Scattered and taped together Different visions Black and white Full and empty I’m not human My face is twisted into a smile stretched thin My soul unraveled and torn, clinging onto its last thread Who am I? Pieces of a long-forgotten psalm Coerced together to create a distorted whisper Clashing, scratching, something unholy Bloody fingers pick at the scraps of my personality Which one to choose today? Mouth full of white lies Can’t you hear me cry? One day they’ll all come back to strangle me Nowhere to hide Eyes everywhere, staring, provoking Pushing my limits Slowly losing my sanity Thrust into their box of righteous virtue Invalidating feelings and emotions Formed into stone Shattered pieces of a broken kaleidoscope Each piece a part of me I don’t want to see