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Rated: 13+ · Poetry · Contest Entry · #2057039
What is it that is projected for others to see? What hides in the shadows?
What Ren Sees Me

Does she really see what is really there?
Or does she only see projections;
Things that mask true identity?
Windows into a broken house
Images floating
Disillusioned
Scattered
Transparent
Yet murky, all at the same time.
Confusing, yes.
Welcome to the world
That is Carly
Even that is an affixed label
Placed on a part of self
That longs for change
And redemption
The part that seeks
Inner peace and beauty,
Wisdom and creativity.
In the day to day, she is trapped
Within the bounds of Carolyn.
The name given at birth
A present from parents
Labeling what exactly?
The name implies joy;
A song of happiness.
Is this Self happy?
Or does it merely project that outwardly
To attract others
Like bees to honey
Because people long for the same things...
Love and acceptance.

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