"Always I want to be
What others see as the best in me
The reality of a fantasy.
But we are not who we think we are
Even if others think we are better
Than we think we are.

Those who see the best in us
See only an illusion, a mask
Of who we want to be.

But thinking so we think, that
Is only our opinion of ourselves
And behaving as we believe we
Believe others believe us to be
IS the fantasy

Calculating deeds to perceived fantasies
Echoes more on our own beliefs
Than any reflections we have seen
So we act upon our own mind
Becoming who we want to be
And leaving all doubt behind"

2012.