The Museum of Forgetting
The Reflection We Don't Want to See
You say you are always changing
but you are just staying the same
radically the same
a disguised same
distracting yourself
from something
something like difficult feelings
with superficial changes
and flights of fancy
that you call freedom
but,
you are like a kite
on a million strings
trying to be a free spirit
you keep telling the same stories
over and over again
the same story about yourself
as if it were a little white lie
you were desperately
trying to convince
me
and you
of
and all the rest is a coverup
as if you won't let the water settle
long enough to see your own reflection
in case you see a tear in your eye
that you will never be able to wipe away
About the Creator
Ricky McQuillan
Belfast-based singer and scribbler. Born in 1977, journaling since I was a fifteen, did a degree in Philosophy in my late 20s, but since then, have mostly been reading Psychobabble, and blogging
https://rickymcquillan.blogspot.co.uk/
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