I Confess

So you wish to know who I am

Are you looking for secrets?

Perhaps a flaw in my character?

Or do you simply just want to understand?

There are many facets to my identity

Some of which I alone can see

I keep them cloaked in darkness, waiting for the right time

Until I can trust you and confess all my crimes

I am guilty of love and caring too much

Of using other people as my personal crutch

I have often gone in long periods of silence

Which can precede random acts of violence

Through my years I have learned, from the bridges I burned

To not look back at the ashes

Today I move forward but I stay in the present

For present you see, is really all that there is

I am a work still in progress, never satisfied

Always seeking to improve

If I said I was happy, I'm sorry I lied

It's one of the things that I do

I'm just a man with a grandiose plan

To find a better version of me

When I look in the mirror and a stranger looks back

I want to be able to like what I see