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Double-sided

December 3, 2022
By Afra ELITE, Kandy, Other
Afra ELITE, Kandy, Other
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Favorite Quote:
"A writer must never be short of ideas."<br /> -Gabriel Agreste- (Fictional character- Miraculous)


Secrets are just for one

If it is for two to share

then the first shareholder is me

and the second one is you

But, you don't belong with us

'cause your home

is on the other side of the mirror

 

I look at you

as if I look at myself

outside we look alike

but within you're someone else

we swap places at the right time

and sometimes I live a lie

in my double life

 

I live two lives

I live both lives

I live my life

the way I want people to react

 

If I want to be drop-dead gorgeous,

I bring you, my makeup self

and if I want to be 'ugly'

I become me, my usual self

If I want to be outgoing,

I bring you, my sociable self

and if I want to be shy,

I become me, bashful and introverted

I will bring the positive you in

if I want to be optimistic

and if I want to be a pessimist

I become me, my negative self

 

If I want to be you,

I would bring you in

and If I want to be me, the real me

I will simply be me

but that happens only in front of you

as it is not that easy

 

The secret is,

if they saw or knew you

they do not see or know me

and if they see or know me

they do not see or know you

and that is how we live

our double life

 

Right now I am in front of the mirror

looking into your eyes

as I see butterflies

wondering if we would have to live

double-sided for eternity


The author's comments:

After a little break, here I am once again, with mixed emotions; joy from passing my general exams and being qualified for the advanced level's education, excitement because of my upcoming 17th birthday (29th December), boredom because of the overdose of holidays, etc...

Here's another piece of the very same theme I always talk about and live: dual life. But, I think I have grown more since I last wrote about this. Well, the readers have to decide.


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