Do you? A poem about hiding the truth.

Do you see the tears behind my smiles?
Can you hear the truth in my denial?
The choking of my voice as it sings?
The spikes and corners of all of my drawn rings?

Do you see the levels in my painting?
Do you see the alertness of my sleeping?
Do you see the sadness of my joy?
Do you see the shyness of my coy?

Do you see the fear through confidence?
The significance of in-consequence?

Can you hear the truth behind my lies?
Notice that I’m hidden or I hide?

Do you see reality in my acting?
Do you see the attention I prevent me attracting?
Do you see the knowledge in my ignorance?
Do you find sensibility in my feigned foolishness?


And do you see... me?

(February 16th 2011)(edited 16th august 2011)