Inside my head, insane, unable to cope,
unwilling to admit a lack of power,
an incapacity, a self-proclaimed failure —
but only in my mind, proclaimed to shame,
declared to reinforce. To the world,
I must appear perfect, indefatigable,
invincible.

When the charade draws to a close,
when I find people who tell my story
so convincingly, so completely,
so spookily on the mark…
when I escape from the cage of my head
it’s then I find that mind I lost…