This mask I fear

Here we go again

the wheel starts to spin

I'm caught in its wake

It's faster now, that wheel of fate.

I've spun many times before,

took some chances

knowing what's in store,

getting caught in its advances.

I want to stop the cycle

before it's too late

This time I'm protecting him

these efforts are for his sake.

But I feel the other one

rising out of my chest

She wants my life to come undone

She's a parasite, a rotten pest.

When I'm happy and full

of love and honey and stars

She arrives to give one pull

and rips everything apart.

I quell her angry cries

keeping her locked inside

This one is different

He has kinder eyes.

He holds me close

with warm arms and cheek

I feel a gentle content

a warmth to quiet the beast

But two faces her and I

we share the same life

But while I long for peace

she screams for strife

 

Reviews

[Jack...]

Wow, who is who here? Very cool. I like this and I am thinking...have I met you before? :) just kidding. Very nicely done.

[Pól]

you've got bags of talent. the constant rhyming (imo) hides it

[icelandicblue]

A very good depiction regarding the duality of personalities. Sometimes we sabotage good things in our lives and the first order of business is to stop ourselves before we do it again. It was good to read you.