You can't hide from self

By ColorMeToxic

Dark inside,
your skin is burning.
Try to hide...
continue running.
Don't get far...
you keep rewinding.

know that...
You can't hide from self.

Collect your sins,
your bad memories.
Stuff them down, or
re-live your misery.
it's your choice...
it's your decision.

know that...
you can't hide from self.

It's not too late,
to turn it all around.
Change your fate, and
learn to love yourself.
project your heart to
the world around you.

Just know that...
You can't hide from self.

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© 2015 Beth Greene
Published on Thursday, December 29, 2016.     Filed under: "Poetry"
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  • FrozenButterfly On Thursday, April 25, 2013, FrozenButterfly (18)By person wrote:

    a haunting piece, and a good warning. very nice write and i loved the end!

  • A former member wrote: True. Toxic a very beautiful piece, that left me almost absolutley speechless.

  • A former member wrote: Absolutely amazing *nods*

  • Nameless Pariah On Monday, July 25, 2011, Nameless Pariah (126)By person wrote:

    I swear everyone here has already said it all. So all I can really say is thank you for such an incredible write!

  • TyrantAvDetForbannet On Monday, July 25, 2011, TyrantAvDetForbannet (273)By person wrote:

    Great write, this is the truth in essence. you cant hide yourself, and love yourself.

  • lupus tenebrae On Thursday, July 14, 2011, lupus tenebrae (860)By person wrote:

    Forced to gaze upon a gruesome self-portrait, with not enough abstract colors to mask its bitter scrutiny. The palate paints the pill to swallow. Nicely written. Scholar

  • unspeakable truth On Wednesday, July 13, 2011, unspeakable truth (94)By person wrote:

    No you can't hide, the mirror will remind each day. And you can't stuff it away either, because you will run out of space, in time, all good time. Hope maybe, but we can only change ourselves... Scholar

  • Ladyhawke On Wednesday, July 13, 2011, Ladyhawke (392)By person wrote:

    You are your own worst emeny. Hiding from ourselves is sometimes the only thing we know how to do. We hide so much for so long, that we foget and lose sight of who we really are. Great write. Very true.

  • A former member wrote: WOW.... i deal with depression and i think its really beatiful and i can connect with it.

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