We all carry lies,
emotional walls high,
misguided deceptions,
our own perceptions,
in all manners, all forms.

We patent our own agendas,
create our own illusions,
to show the outside.
Our barricades keep us untouched,
unseen, hidden,
so alone ... so apart..

You say,
“I want to know someone ...
... someone I don't have to lie to”
There's no need to lie,
no need to hide.
Crash those walls,
wave your flags,
the colors you've hidden,
so well ...

Scream who you are,
what you have been,
and all you will be ...

Look in my eyes,
drop that disguise,
Your camouflaged needs,
no longer exist.
I see through you.
Your flaws radiate.
Your silenced fears,
scream in my ears.
Your insecurities,
your cracked perfections
crystal clear,
as an uncut diamond.

All these things I see,
with such clarity.
And you,
flawed and cracked,
are a vision far more
beautiful to me ...
far more real ...
... than illusions of you ...

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