Cannot Pretend

by Sam M. Phillips

Down in the hole,

The depths of my soul

Are being plumbed,

I’m being dumbed

Down as I drown

In emotions,

Premonitions

Of a false event,

I’m being sent

Some strange message,

Read this passage

And tell me what it means,

It all seems

So real,

Can’t deal

With who I am

Or must become,

Echoes of a son

From another age,

I turn the page,

Remembering past lives,

Everyone strives

For understanding,

Life is handing

Me the keys,

I’m one who sees

The value in this pain,

Here we go again,

Justifying a broken brain

While the strain builds,

My family yields

Under the weight,

Too much to take,

I cannot make

It up to them,

But I can’t pretend

To be anyone else.

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