Accused Poem by Paige DeRogatis

My foul behavior’s met by reprimanding friends
Who are blind to logic in my acts
And reject the way my heart defends..
That call me reclusive, a liar and fool
And curse me as their enemy
As they drag my pride to places
That it wants so desperately to flee.

I don’t wish to wreck morality
, but just to fill this empty heart in me.
And I shall not ask for sympathy
from the judging eyes that cannot see
this captured soul I beg to free.

I must introduce my subconscious motives
that explain my irrationality..
but I hesitate to make them known
because that means giving up my privacy.
So I surrender to your accusations
as my head hangs with humility.