Drop the act
The paper face
The borrowed voice
You learned to trace
Drop the act
The practiced grin
The quiet war
You hold within
Drop the act
The staged reply
The stitched up truth
You let comply
Drop the act
The ghost you wear
Step out of it
And breathe the air
Drop the act
The trembling part
Let silence cut
Straight through the heart
Drop the act
The final lie
The world won’t end
If you defy
Drop the act
The fading role
Come as the wound
Come as the whole
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Anthony Hanible (
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Comments5
Be who one is, is the message that I get from this write. Nicely framed it tells it clearly. Well done
Yes sir, no sir, you are correct.
The last 3 lines could be a haiku on its own…
Thank y'all so much 🙏
agree with you here - prefer the straightforward always, even if it's a bitter pill to swallow
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