Everything I Am

You look but do not see
Eyes peeping out of corners
Tracing my present journey with destiny
But are you sure that you really looking at me
I can sometimes spin words out of control
some so original... they break the mold

Some so true..... you say they touch your soul

Only one looking beyond the mirror's image
beyond the color of my skin
or beyond my present sin
can see what it is I already see...

I see imperfection when I look at me

Does my image change for you
from fiery red running through envious green
to a depressing blue-ish hue
Does your perception of who I should be
sometimes get in your way?

Am I being judged by what I said to you
what I meant to you
Or even how I looked at you...
just only yesterday

If so, I think you need to know

Everything I am
Everything I need
Everything I want to be

is always subject to somebody else's scrutiny

While you have a right to look in my mirror
and be what it is you see
but also know
that I have a right
to disregard what you expect
and do what's right for me



jakuper(4/2/07)