Alone
Always alone
All to listen
None to hear
All of the confessions
Are also the secrets
The freedom to speak
Too craven to stand
The words unsaid
The words mistaken
Fear is absolute
Certainty is not
To please is to deny
To deny is to displeasure
Informed
Yet I am ignorant
To be myself
Is a disappointment
To live in truth
Is to live a lie
For every praise
Are a thousand jeers
Victory is defeat
I succeed
Yet find I am lacking
To protect those I care for
I hurt myself
The mask of worth
Reveals the hollowness
Wisdom yields to confusion
Joy mingles pain
The light is darkness
The strength of fire fades
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