Persona
Yang Wang To the outside, I seem cheerful and quirky. On the inside, I’m dreadful and weary. If I were gone, would anyone care? If I were dead, would anyone despair? The future is what I strive for. But the future I see is such an eyesore. When I think about achieving my dream, All I see is a bloody stream. I never liked the phrase, “To love others you must first love yourself.” I feel much better giving my all to anyone but myself. All I see in the mirror is a tool That anyone can use for free, just like a fool. It’s much easier for the outsider to look in. But when you're on the inside it’s much harder to look within And find the thing that keeps you going, Find a passion that gets you overflowing. I think a lot about self-harm, But that was the alarm. It is my head I need to change, And that’s when I thought to rearrange. The doubt that I once felt Was really just an insult. To the world that took me in, My life really only just begins. |