INSIDE OUT

Does your inside match outside ?

Does your outside match your in ?

Do the kind deeds you envision 

stay confined within your skin ?

Your thought and your life's actions---

are they close... or far apart ?

Is the way in which you live your life

what you believe deep in your heart ?

Are you the same person on the inside

people meet on the out,

or do the two clash differ

leaving your conscience full of doubt ?

Are you a different person 

than the person people see ?

Are you a different person 

than the one you'd like to be ?

Would they not see a difference,

or would they grieve in sorrow,

if your inside today

became your outside tomorrow ?

: Linda Ellis