And see what?
Do I appear aloof?
Do I seem confident?
Do I appear self-assured?

You see not what l see
You see not through these eyes
When I look within
I find shadows of the past
The anguish of mistakes
I see one who is afraid
One who is haunted
By phantoms of childhood

When I look at me
I see the shades
Of who I want to be
Outlines of who I could be
Shadows....

Who is real,
The one you see or who I see?
Am I destined to live in shadows?

When I look at me
Deep within me
A spark glows
A light in the dark
Which makes shadows flee
Which reveals phantoms' lies!
That spark is who I want to be!
The me that will be.

I'm no shadow
I'm no shade
I'm no phantom
I am me
And I will be
That heart that glows
That hearth that warms

I am ME!


- found somewhere :|