Reena’s Exploration Challenge #117 — Was that really me?

Truth or just a dream?
Passing in the night
Was that really me?

Things not as they seem
Shifts twixt mad and fright
Truth or just a dream?

Altruism; schemed
Followed dark and light
Was that really me?

Chaos taffy sweet
Peace a drifting kite
Truth or just a dream?

Trust and love don’t meet
Pairings doomed to fight
Was that really me?

Floating salty sea
Time of calm alight
Truth or just a dream?
Was that really me?

Reena Saxena is the host of Reena’s Exploration Challenge.  Reena says:
Was that really me?
I read a book with this title by Naomi Quenk, and the words have been imprinted on the psyche.  You may twist it to:
That’s not me
That can’t be me
Where is the real me?
It is all acceptable.

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