He stands on shattered glass; pieces
of a reflection mirrored by an all American boy with
a shimmer of emotions flashing
hidden secrets; there is a thundering silence
that shakes the foundation of his conscience.
Everyone knows him but no one knows
that there is something about Seth.
He sits alone in a crowd with desires handcuffed
by inner feelings locked away behind the barbed wires
of non-acceptance. He struggles and turns his back
on his own recognition, peeking through the eyes of a dream
for just a space to be able to live freely –
for a chance to be who he really is.
He lays in a bed of confusion/ distanced
from those close to him. He speaks
with words that have no meaning/ listens
but no longer hears love. He is afraid–
stuck between societies vision of him
and the real image he is inside.
He is not perfection so he locks himself away
but there is a need to kick down a suffocating closet
and take in the air of self acceptance and pride;
their disappointment no longer matters: attitudes
that will threaten to deflate the oxygen of his happiness.
Everyone knows him
because in his eyes is familiarity and through his heart
is a recognition for acceptance.
He is someone’s brother; someone’s son and someone’s
friend who hides behind the mask of discovery
and everyone knows him, but no one knows
that there is something about Seth;
something in an identity yearning to be loved.
© 2011
Tarringo T. Vaughan
Tarringo currently works in the healthcare field but is working on his 2nd poetry book for publication titled “A Crack In The Sidewalk” following his first book of poetry titiled “Beyond Rainbows & Yellow Brick Roads” and is the founder of the Flexwriters Creative Network (http://www.flexwriterscreativenetwork.net) which currently features an online magazine, a social site and many literary outlets for poets, writers, publishers and readers. Future plans include a publishing company as well as actual an actual café for writers and spoken word nights. His writing consists of many styles as he does like neglecting rules and going beyond the norm.