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– Maenad (The Madness of the Muse) –

I am a lover by nature,
not ever to be as loved by another.
I am by trade a seer;
not ever to let myself
be seen by others.

I am not broken,
but rather unfinished,
a byproduct of my separation
from the average human condition.
I am the ebb and flow of life in motion,
waves that wash away
the patterns of footsteps
spread across the sands of time.

I am a collective of moments,
a series of emotional states
strung together into living memories,
a compendium of everything and everyone
that I have ever known.
I am thought and senses,
made real in flesh and fluid,
and for all of my human complexities,
I wish even more to be simple.

I am here and I am gone again.
Only passing traces
of my presence will remain.
I am mad,
yet always amused.
I am sideways,
and always smiling.

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