The fluid Identity
As I inch closer to myself
Doubts assail me
Persuasion to be authentic fails
Whenever I look in the mirror
Scattered memories draw a new face
The body perfect is
Alien to the inner collapse
The confused self alternates
Between past, present
I shiver at the strangeness of it
Will a mask stick to my face one day?
Will my qualms rob me of my real identity of
The Buddha hiding within
Someone then may ask
That dreaded question
Who is the real you?
Kidnapped by perceptions
My fluid mind swims haywire
Never belonging
I look at my face in the mirror to
Find my voice, to speak up
My eyes shine, and my heart tries to
Reconcile the body and mind
Wading through the split personalities
I fight the quagmire of fears
My face is mine after-all
A mirror to my soul
I must defeat
The existential crisis
Chaos will reemerge to
Befool me in the maze of
My fluid identity
I will fight with inner darkness to
Defeat the turmoil and
Bring out my incandescent light