Hello

Hello, my name is fear

I use humor as a defense mechanism

when I'm uncomfortable.

Hello, my name is disaster

I cover up for this with victim mentality

delicately coated with a fine glaze of selfishness

Hello, my name is the past

You can see it in the way I distance myself

from all the least favorite parts of myself

tuck them away into the darkest corners of my mind

Hello, my name is

whatever you want me to be