You Don'T Know Me

You don't know me
Because I won't let you.
I allow you to know some of me;
Those parts I feel I can reveal
Without fear or concern
Of harming myself in some way.
But you'll never really know me.
Not all of me. Ever
There is a part of me
That's dark, hidden and mysterious
That I stay away from 
Except, perhaps, when I sleep.
No, you don’t know me.
How can you
When I don’t really know myself?
Copyright © | Year Posted 2016

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Gazbowski Avatar
May 8, 2016 at 7:40 PM
nicely penned.
Cecil Avatar
May 3, 2016 at 7:48 AM
Knowing thy self is of course the start. Others simple follow suit. Good one Andy.
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