How similar we are to chameleons
My name is Sophie and im currently studying a performing arts degree which has expanded my passion to write poetry. I go by the basis that I write how I feel without guidelines and hope something resonates with the people reading it.
Chameleon
I used to think to myself on a saddened day
How similar we are to chameleons
How our minds work parallel to their traits
We mold our self into the world
A defense system when we feel at threat
Yet we convince our mind that’s our true self
When the real identity behind us
Is the one who doesn’t change its colors
When approached by the terror
We call society
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I used to think to myself on a saddened day
Trapped in my mind parallel with society traits
Succumbed to sink into the chameleon way
When I pretend I’m not myself
It stops me feeling this way
Sophie O’Neill
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