Ochō: A Thousand Lives and Deaths

Weekly Diary Entry #2

Thousands

I’ve been many things, have lived

Many lives and many deaths, too.

All these faces I have in my arsenal,

The masks I have used in this lifetime look back.

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I knew very quickly not to show the world

My face; And yes, this way of living hurts—

Like cutting yourself in a thousand little pieces,

Disfiguring yourself daily, dying over and over;

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Waking up to the same unsolvable puzzle everyday

Like never truly knowing what’s looking back: