This is who I am

you see

out on display,

this is my world,

I only pretend to not see you.

Actually, I am afraid of you,

for fear,

there might be a time,

when suddenly you reveal

who I really am

to myself, to me, to everyone

that stands around me,

when I present this way.

My lifestyle,

my goal is to be somebody,

some person,

some individual

you might remember on another day,

once this moment with me,

disappears into that sea

that distance of whomever we are,

when we need to be,

just a lifestyle choice

on a hot summer day,

I swear.