Perceived Self

 People always think when they see me that they know who I am.  
 
 It is always different then who I think I am.  
    
 No matter how I work to change myself as I grow as a person in my view of self.    
     
 As I look back through a shadowy veil between self image and perceived reality.    
     
 Only to have my self-image dashed upon finding that how I perceived self was not how I was perceived.    
     
 I wonder if they who see project parts of their own self image upon the veil and react.    
     
 I believed I was a patient man only to be told I am impatient.    
     
 I believed that I told the truth only to be called a liar. Not muddled or uninformed.
    
 I believed that I was a upright man only to be told that I was not...    
     
 I don't know If there is a lesson here or if there was a lesson and could perceive it.    
     
 That it would be found false in the eyes of others.    
     
 I find myself thinking they just don't understand.    
   
 Then they don't know me and they could never understand...    
     
 I wondered where that thought leaves me. ~Duke Deltree~