I know why you hate me

May 01, 2025

I am hiding.

Concealing my critters behind a mask

Of false pretences

Holding my breath until you find me out.

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Crawling under layers,

Between the kindnesses

Around the gentleness and love

Obfuscating all the reasons for you to hate me

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I play at productivity

And connection

Being what is expected, or more than.

This is my forte.

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My secrets best kept hidden

Knowing that one day all will unravel

True colours exposed;

Flying high in the wind.

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Who will see it first?

Peel back those first layers to unveil the core?

Revealing rot, the stench of mould.

Discoloured. Unholy. Mutated.

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That nasty piece of work,

She’ll come through

Whispering

I know why you hate me.

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I swallow,

but can’t keep it down.

It creeps out when I least expect it.

Seeping from pores; an oozing blackness.

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All the while, I try to maintain this facade of goodness

The never-ending task of being my best,

Of doing my best,

But I know I’ll never be enough to keep my demons at bay.

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                           You know why they hate you, they say.

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