A question arises in my mind
A thought to ponder, time to time
Of who I am both now and then?
Is a thought beyond my ken?
I stand afraid amongst my peers
And try in vain to calm my fears
That here revealed for all to see
Is the one I've come to be
Does everyone this curse affect
As always we seek to confect
An image that we’ll safely feel
Can our inner self conceal
Do anyone ever truly show
And can we ever really know
What it means no more to hide
The self that’s living deep inside
Perhaps to ponder overlong
On such as this is always wrong
With crises ever looming nigh
When all that’s done is think of “I”
For doubts will always grow apace
And ne’er we’ll know a moment’s grace
Til we outwardly we gaze and give
To others, then, at last, we’ll live
A life that brings us joy and finds
Friends and neighbours of all kinds
A life that means so much to all
No more to self in bond and thrall
