Apparently Normal

A poem about how it feels living with Dissociative Identity Disorder

I wake up
She's still sleeping
I try to move
He has power
I try to see
It has vision

I'm in the shower
He likes it hot
She likes it cold
It hates water
But I am neutral

I dress my hair
He wants it short
She wants it long
It wants it red
But I want nothing

I see my friends
She greets them
He touches them
It ignores them
I apologize

I apologize daily
But for what
So my many faces
Can just do it again
They are Hyde
I am Jekyll

Author's Note

Apparently Normal is a reference to the Apparently Normal Part, an alter that acts as the host or overseer to the other alters in Dissociative Identity Disorder

Dissociative Identity Disorder is also called Multiple Personality Disorder