I have been marooned
to this isolated island
by my own self-imposed
(ship)wrecked image.
I have gone overboard
with this seclusion,
overloaded illusion.
Pirates pilfered my
confidence, stowaway
everything I lived for.
They will see how
I have deserted myself
to maintain the mirage.
But when I am rescued,
I will feel like myself again-
changed somehow but
still who I was meant to be.