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Writer's pictureBrittany Benko

Multiple Selves

Updated: Oct 10, 2020

Buried emotions and living to survive

Not knowing how I came to arrive

Lost time is a puzzle

Simple activities are a daily struggle

The women within are different, you see

Oftentimes, we disagree

Fears and passions are buried within

Making me feel like I’m living in sin

A part of me is assertive and bold

The other is more self-controlled

When feelings start to rise

I space out and close my eyes

Another woman emerges in protectiveness of myself

It’s as if I hang my true identity on a shelf

I know she’ll come back one day

Perhaps it will be in May

She’ll take charge of the events I cannot handle

Shining bright like a candle

Once the task is done, I am back to awareness

I can’t help but feel the unfairness

The possession of my body I cannot stand

A good bit of my life seems banned

There are tears I cannot cry

I wish you understood the reasons why

Life itself is amiss

To be whole would be pure bliss


By: Brittany Benko


*This poem was inspired by the book, Sybil, I had just recently read. She was a rare case of multiple personality that had sixteen selves.


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