Poetic Rants By Akram Sadiq

Now You See Me

I want you to see

The whole of me

Not the lies but

The truth that lies

Within my soul

Through my eyes

I shall not speak

Make vulnerable

My thin skin

Burn in the sun

For you to see

The flaws in me

Neither an angel

Nor am I a demon

I'm but a human

Frail yet beaming

Inconsequential

Existential

Bag of flesh and blood

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A song c h i m i n g

From a music box

A clock t i c k i n g

By hopes of love

And acceptance

Neither a beast

Nor am i

The prized best

Yet I have it all

Inside my marrow

I want you to see

The original me

Not a figment of

Your imagination

Of who I should be

Push the blinds away

Look into my eyes

Look closer...

Closer....

Now you see...

All of me...