See Me As I Am

Now you know
That all of us
Well most of us
Present ourselves
In ways we are
-not-
And what we are
-not-
Maybe it is the who
We pose as
That tells us what 
We really are
-not-

Artists* have their tools

To reveal and unrevel
Bits and pieces
Of the self
Whether true or false
Be it open
Or concealed
How much or how little
Do we give
-away-
When we create
In our chosen form

But just as sure 
As rhyme does 
-not-
Implicate poetry
The way we present
Ourselves and
Or see ourselves
-not-
Reflects the real self
-not-

Yet despite 

All gloss

Are we 

-not-

All saying

See Me As I Am 

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*
Composers, philosophers  painters, poets, sculpturists and writers c.s.