i and I

Poem written during a very trying time in my life.

i and I

A time and a place
somewhere in my mind,
so deeply hidden,
its hard to find,
is where i am,
for i've ceased to be,
i am now I,
because, you see,
the pain and the hurt,
is too much to take,
i am now gone,
leaving I, a fake.

**written May 22, 1994