Actors

[... societal expectations]

We're all actors in a revolving soapie
.... playing our parts as best we can.
Life goes on.... and we pretend to be
just what the world wants to see.

Sometimes that's good
and it matches our mind
Then it feels good and it's easy
to fit into the mold...

.... and then sometimes it's bad
and leaves us in a bind
of conflict and pain.
We struggle to fit....
but it just doesn't work.

... and what can I do if the me
the world wants to see
isn't the person that I can be?
Do I bend and contort myself
into something that I'm not?

The tension grows.....  my guts are in a knot
... my body aches with the constant strain
.... anticipating the pain
of conflict between the two.

Where to go from here?
How can I be me? 

© Ian Croft April 2019