black or white

two sides of the same coin
strip the urge to disguise
a desire to revise
a wish to laugh
a need to cry

time to think
exactly why

the ache to run
the necessity to stay
everything is unrestrained
in its own way
self-contained

defenses are yielding
feelings feel without revealing

nothing is just
black or white
even though
grey does not seem right
episodes unfold

with the lack of liberty
all deeds were done so deliberately

inside me tonight
the stars know
my name
in that half-moonlight
time passes

and this moment
it will never be the same

all and all
complicated changes
too late to contemplate
leaves my memory
moving away so furtively

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