Self - Safe and Sound

True

Self

A true self

Upholding an image

Your arms become weak and break

All things you want to be

In broken pieces at your feet

They’re better off that way

To be swept up and discarded

Only let with the true you

The way it was meant to be

Not an image, a physical being

A true self left to be seen

Will good intentions rise to the surface?

Or will an ugly truth be shown?

A self of want

A self of need

A hunger you can never feed

It grows and grows

You can never calm yourself

You can never calm the fire that burns yourself alive

The inner struggle of self

The struggle of I, mine and me

Everyone is their self, yes

But not every self is worth something

Are you worth something

Am I worth something

Am I my true self