"self-portrait".

i feel the impact of my

eye injury in many ways

sadness, anger, bitterness

my self-confidence is not

what it once was

it's affected my acting

it's affected aspects

of my personal relationships

if i glance at my

favorite portrait of
myself as a child, i think

'where has that little boy
with the beautiful brown

eyes disappeared to?'

i wish he was here but

he's gone forever

i am loved

unconditionally

by many and yet
my injury won't go away

as an actor in an

industry where image

is god i feel i am at a loss
i wonder what strangers think?

'do they think i'm ugly?'

but i'm the same person

inside as i was before
how soon the strangers forget

i am surviving but
i'm forever haunted.