Who am I but sad illusion
Self-important self delusion
Self-defensive trickery
Betrayed by bouts of honesty
Who am I but blood and bone
Amongst the crowd, yet all alone
Terrified of self-detection
Retreating from my own reflection
But who am I but what you see
A caricature of what is me
A creature of my own design
A shadow that you see of mine
So who am I but who I am
A simple child, a simple man
I know you see beneath the mask
If not you may feel free to ask
Richmond Road 
Beautiful
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It’s fairly terrible actually, I think. But I really liked the ‘introduction by poetry’ concept and had to get on board. I really should have given it a bit more thought.
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Sure, sure. However, my humble opinion is not aligned with yours, and since they say that the beauty is stuck in the eye of the beholder and not the other way around, I hope you will allow me to keep it.
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You wear a mask
but we all do
just more honest
than most of who
come here to share
success and losses
hoping to be read
and not be tossed…
They look you in the eyes
but they don’t know
what they really want
is to look at your shadow!
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Oh …. how very nice of you to say….
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Clumsily writen, but heartily felt 🙂
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Hardly clumsy
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*blush*
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How are you, anyway? By your standards you seem a little quiet.
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Not quite my best, but far better than other people I know… Thank you for asking! xx
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Intriguing RR, what should I ask? Being curious but also polite, for the most part. . .i would love to know more. Anything and everything. ☺️
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Nice verse and good challenge .. how about name age and address for starters 😉
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I said you could ask. I mentioned nothing about answers.
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lol I did know that, hence I went for ridiculous 🙂
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I have to call fowl.
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Hmmm, thought that would get your attention, or some answers. Foiled again.
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Oh, it got my attention …..
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