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There is this person Inside of me I’ve never met him Personally He looks like me But acts very different He doesn’t get mad Or annoyed or belligerent He sleeps at night Not laying awake He doesn’t obsess About what’s at stake The future is bright For this aspiring young man The only thing is I do all I can To keep him away Off the controls By sedating myself Dampening the coals My tactics are sound Each year that slides by Like the siege of a castle I’m draining him dry But I’m tiring too Perhaps it’s the hour To give up the helm Relinquish the power Easier said Than done as they say Though his fragile voice Grows stronger each day Piercing between The feelings that tell me That this is my lot All I ever can be