The deal

Shall i spoil the deal

that i will no longer my thoughts reveal?

or shall i keep up with the deal

and not say how i really feel?

Is it wise that i should act cool,

calm as a frozen pool?

of do i discard the warm wool,

and drown in my own tearful pool?

Should i reveal the truth,

nothing but the real plain truth?

or do i go on reeling and raving,

and betray my own true feelings?

Should i live like a martyr,

and die an unhappy hypocrite?

or should i be my own master,

and die 'condemned', but satisfied?

Must i conform,

to social norms?

or do i the world inform

that i'll set new reforms?

But then, do i have a conscience,

that i do return good deeds with ill?

what then, would say my conscience

if i do act so ill?