please, save me
      please, save me

      that isn't me!
      i scream as i stare at the drawing you've done
      yet you say its me...
      but she's so horrible
      a person i'd never want to even meet, let alone share dinner with
      let alone share souls with....
      but is it me?
      an insult is only an insult because you're scared it's true
      i suppose fear really does destroy happiness
      please, that isn't me?
      your forked tongue forms words i don't want to hear
      but you say i never want to hear you
      is that why
      my hands, palms, tingle
      that ssensation i only get when pieces of my soul are being played in a chess game
      my head spins. do i really portray myself that way
      if i do, then i am her, then the drawing is acurate and i am her...
      pretending is great but sometimes it sticks
      i need a new character before i am her
      please. please... i'm not her?
      please. that isn't me!

      21 october 1997 * waining crescent moon