Behind This Page

Quietly I hideBehind this paper.Content to disappearAccept for what I choose to showHere on this page.For I am not what you believe.My identity was never negotiableAnd I realize nowThat it was a mistake To give you a vote.So farewellTo all of youWhom I love so much.I love you still,Perhaps better For what you cannot seeSince I no longer allowWhat you think of me To determine what I amAnd how I love you.Nor will I allowHow you appear To sway me In my estimation of you.For here in the quiet silenceOf my solitary life,You are all I ever knew you were,Noble, sweet, true and kind.Brave and faithfulTo what you meant to be.But if you ever forget Your majesty - Your beauty,Come find me here,For though lost to yourself you be,You are not lost to me.