A Deer Mistaking Candles for Headlights

You can call me a coward and you'd be correct

Oh my neck is safely off the line

Now I'm keeping my mouth shut until this is over

Why bother speaking my mind?

You can call me a liar and that would be true

Though I do disagree, I don't challenge you

I am docile and lazy, I show no respect

You can call me a coward and you'd be correct

Does the blank stare scare you more than the frown?

Am I the reason you feel down?

Distant but rational, bringer of rage

To get to a level where I will engage

I am a tentacle, incapacitated obstacle

I am obsolete and apathetic, thoughtlessly apologetic

Watch my actions, or lack thereof

Negate the person, I said I was.

You could call me a Phony and I would agree

Oh I see the many versions of me that I perform

Moulded to suit

I know the real me just convolutes

You see who I am and that's scares me

You see who I am and that's scary