Opprobrium
Looking in the mirror -
Seeing much of such distaste.
Gazing into mine own eyes -
Revulsion at what I am,
What I have made myself
For my supposed benefit,
For my supposed friends.
Anger pounds from within -
What am I looking for?
Who am I looking for?
Where is it?!
Where are they?!
I groan and capitulate under the pressure -
Massive weights crush me from above -
I go down...
I stay down -
Semi-conscious of life flowing and ebbing
Somewhere nearby -
By-passing this despised soul.
© R. A. W. S. Clarke
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