Projected

Tightrope
Tightrope

Sometimes I think
    everyone thinks
 I am in my sweet spot
                  lucky spot
                  convenient
                  perfect place,
    while I’m lying here
                  dying here
        maybe already dead
           from the pace,
              of this race
                   sus     pended
                   stuck
                   trapped
                   curled up
                      in my disgrace
        ‘cause I can’t be
           what’s expected
           what’s projected.
I might never be
           anything
           anyone
           quotable
           notable
             maybe even lovable.
But is it all subjective?
I know I am not objective.
Ev.ery.thing.
   depends on perspective
      and I know mine is          skewed.
I only see
   from my view
      and I could never change me
                       into you.