Be Me.

I assembled a

pretty picture

of a girl

everybody wanted

but now I'm

feeling haunted.

Not sure it's

the one I wanted.

Not sure I

know what I mean

if you know

what I mean.

Maybe you tell me?

Or maybe not.

Maybe this time,

I will dump out

all the pieces

on the floor again.

Rearrange and

reimagine and

reassemble me again.

Not to be

an illusion,

a delusion, or

a pretty effigy.

But just to

be me.

[2024]