Twin Souls

We often have two selves-or more than two.

One for the world to see, one for the self.

One soul in the shadow, one in the light.

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Your soul

Shimmering at the mirror’s edge

Shadow formed, yet too long

Lurking at the edge of my name

As if someone else calls.

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But I did not answer.

Treading a path oft beaten.

You took the turn I shunned

Walked through a storm only I saw

And understood.

From my cage of safety

I lauded your courage

The wild of the unknown

Your flame burned on

Mine was lit, yet cold.

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Yourself—

Free, opening doors to life,

Tucked in creased folds, unseen.

Mine—

For display,

Pausing by the knob

Of the door

To the known.

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As one—

Me seen, you in the mind—

Mould a self

Complete

The same pulse

Throbbing over two worlds—-

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Form unseen—

One a soul,

One a mask.

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