Secret Self

Artwork: Tsukuyomi - Hiromi Sato, date unknown

i write

notes

to my

secret self

and tell

her

who i

want,

who i

wish,

who i

need

to be.

under cover

of darkness,

under cloak

of shadow:

our conversations

consist

of blighted

hopes,

ruined

dreams,

forlorn conclusions

of silly

experiments,

mundane matters

of the

heart.

but i

still see

myself

growing into

her:

becoming

stronger,

braver,

wiser,

more beautiful.

someday,

i will

have no

need

to speak

to my

secret self.

when that

day comes

she and i

will be

one

and

the

same.