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My mask has to come off
I let go of the image
Who I thought I was
And to be

Worked and fought so hard
To strike a balance between
Taxation and taxability
To obtain

Because of the invisibility
From what happened
Is it up to me to show
This is who I am

Not like before
Full of energy and flexible
But more on the sidelines
And sometimes in the middle

With my sensitivity
And information processing
I try again
to find a way

In a world full of contradictions
Well-intentioned advice
And bureaucratic authorities
I make my own choices

The proverbial lath
Goes a lot lower
And quality of life
comes first

Dreams have to give up
Or adjust
But also
New dreams keep dreaming