You just reminded me of a tanka I hadn't thought of in a while that I wrote in May 2022, after a then 3 month period when I only wrote essays. I can see past me Me only has eyes for self I am… - Marcus aka Gregory Maidman - Medium

…e’ will you miss? 
You gave me the world
Then took it away
You’re driving me away
My back is broken
I can’t be ‘you’ 
You won’t let me be ‘me’
The original was erased
I’m the cheap copy
With artificial light in my veins
It’s making me insane
 
Oh, I’m sorry
Did I dirty your perfect world
With my suffering…e’ will you miss? 
You gave me the world
Then took it away
You’re driving me away
My back is broken
I can’t be ‘you’ 
You won’t let me be ‘me’
The original was erased
I’m the cheap copy
With artificial light in my veins
It’s making me insane
 
Oh, I’m sorry
Did I dirty your perfect world
With my suffering? 
Let me put my pretty mask back o…
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You just reminded me of a tanka I hadn't thought of in a while that I wrote in May 2022, after a then 3 month period when I only wrote essays.
I can see past me
Me only has eyes for self
I am confident
Me is an arrogant fuck
I make love with all my heart
The poem responded to a prompt in KTHT "What is the difference between 'I' and 'me'?" If you're interested in more about the poem, https://medium.com/promptly-written/of-i-and-me-d7c31e9aa2ab, but you've seen much but I don't think all that's there.
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Living 17,043rd human life. I am Marcus (universal name) or you may call me Greg; a deep thinker; an explorer of ideas and the mind.
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