Double

Dancing

I see double in the spotlight

transition between perception and reality

the depicted and the actuality

But I embrace this on stage

I'm not sorry to be vulnerable

vulnerable to your judgments

but my movements are not questions

more like statements

like how my arms declare their freedom

wingspan of an eagle

soaring over the roar of the onlookers

my feet stomp to rhythm

declaring my heartbeat

admitting my defeats and stepping to them proudly

It's adrenaline

It's expression

It's my confidence

my confessions

The bass has its hum

my heart is the drum

making my walls crumble and crack

But all that they see

is the one I set free

while the other me remains intact.