The Closet
Living a lie
seems the only way
one can go on living.
The closet is
a fearful place,
master as much as machination.
Hiding your body
is easy enough.
Hiding your feelings
is only slightly harder.
Hiding your spirit
is the hardest thing of all.
Having to be
someone you're not.
Having to act
like you enjoy things
that give you no pleasure.
Having to learn
to think like another,
act like another,
be like another,
cannot help but damage your soul.
The only escape
is full disclosure.
Take off the hinges,
shoot off the lock,
tear out the shelves,
turn out the light.
A closet is a place for clothes,
not a torture chamber.
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