A Forgery Poem by James Casey

Don't think it's easy being me
Before you the one you see.
Often happy sometimes sad..
And on occasion being bad.

Sharing laughs a joke even joy
Feeling shy and looking coy
A frown a smile a mischievous. wink
Sharing words to make you think..

Can you, should you, would you dare?
Allow yourself the time to care?
When you look will you see the truth the facts, reality...
And if you look will you see beyond my face to the real me?

What you see is my exterior self
The cover like the book's up on a shelf..
Behind that cover hidden there
Are things hard for me to share

Your soft lips and fingertips..
To touch and to explore..
Look beyond what you see
There's so much more to know of me..

But what you see is what you get..
I think it's something you won't regret
Once you break away the outer shell
Those thoughts of me I will dispel

Jim 1989