I am no
one, but still I am someone.
They call
me a person, but rather am I
faceless.
They say I
put up a façade, but still I am more real than they are.
They call
me a liar, but I tell more truth than them.
They say I
am a good person, but still they do not know the real me.
They call me
an angel, but I can be devilish.
They say I am
too distant, but yet I am too close.
They call
me a queen, but I am nothing but a servant.
They say many
things, but none are true or false.
I am no
one, but still I am someone. This might be true, but might be false...
I like how you planned the rhyme-scheme with, for instance: "but still I am more real than they are. They call me a liar,".
ReplyDeleteVery smoothly integrated backwards phrase...
ReplyDeleteThe riddle quality of the poem is enjoyable. Here have an Emily Dickinson take on something similar:
I’m Nobody! Who are you?
Are you – Nobody – too?
Then there’s a pair of us!
Don’t tell! they’d advertise – you know!