Self-Consciousness
To see ourselves as others see us
Is as easy as falling off to sleep
And never waking up.
Only trouble is,
Almost always, we never do —
Fall off to sleep — for being so awake
To the possibility that what we'll find
Won't be to our liking,
That we'll be the freak, monster, fiend
Peering into the two-way mirror
Disclosing nightmares beneath our dreams,
When we awaken into their endless sleep.
Perhaps for this reason alone,
We choose not to let our self-delusions doze,
Inviting others to see only our egos.
02/21/12 - (1)
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