Wearing Seven Faces
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For Alice Reynolds' Multiplicity Of The Self Poetry Contest
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Seven faces she wore at different times.
She knew not when each face’s expression
might appear (some rarely; some oftentimes,
giving to others a different impression.)
Horrific abuse caused her mind to split
when she was young. Her main self took back seat
when stressed, but she was not aware of it.
Always she was feeling so incomplete.
Her main personality would just go black.
She’d find herself somewhere not knowing why
or how she got there, or what brought her back
to the face of hers which time had passed by.
Help she sought. After months of digging deep
through hypnotherapy and through much talk,
a better hold on herself she could keep,
for secrets she was able to unlock.
Those secrets that had fractured her poor mind
she has now confronted; seven faces
to one another are no longer blind,
and beautiful hope she now embraces.
Copyright © Andrea Dietrich | Year Posted 2025
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