Is true identity just a mythological dream?

A construction found in a thought stream

Uttered to show degrees of conformity

In a world that demands degrees of normality

Where attempts to root identity only serve to derange

When our society is fluid, a kaleidoscope of change

Is identity buried at the heart, within the inner child?

Described somewhere on some document misfiled

Persona loses its lines of distinctiveness

When you’re set adrift in a cultural wilderness

Attempts to be part of a community with rights

Ends up on street corners, embroiled in fights

Where human emotions translate from inner coil

Into bloody attempts to bring individuality to the boil

Is true identity just a mythological dream?

WELL THIS IS MY IDENTY, HEAR ME SCREAM

© Phil Golding 06/08