Poems: trouble & duality

no mirror to his soul has he,
no way to know the distance he
has slipped into despair,
no yardstick to depth of denial,
no rating scale for his attempts to go on.
'No Body knows de trouble I see'

multiple me I find
a time spent in stupor
a time alive and aware
a time when i was bold
a time spent in fear

multiple me I find
some see me as open
some see me as closed
some see me brilliant
some see me comatose

multiple me, but not divided
each part on a continuum
each part never quite free
a push and pull conundrum
of life in its complexity

multiple me I find
one side pushes me forward
one side drags me down
one side gets me out of bed
one side full of dread

multiple me, but not divided
each part on a continuum
each part just never free
of push and pull conundrum
of life in its complexity

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