do you underestimate
your own importance
someone told me
i exaggerated mine
do you treasure
people\'s compliments
like diamonds?
do you keep them
in your temple
like a shrine?

do you dream of concubines
while you are praying?
do you always have to
cut your story short?
is it hard to understand
what i am saying?
did you listen \'cause
you tried to be a sport?

does that void look on your face
mean that you hate me?
is it just a sign of
your indifference?
am i too close to the
pain infected areas?
is there suddenly
a lack of confidence?

insecurity is devious
and painful
you can\' t get youract
together due to it
if you\' ll ever be invited
to the others
you won\' t know
when it is time to
stand or sit

social life can be a
straitjacket of terror
and a stage where you
become a hypocrit
my mistake is so much worse
than human error
and can never be disguised
by verbal wit

LARZ GUSTAFSSON

May 2, 2008