silver and gold /sign and signifier

What we see

cannot be all.

All we see;

all that we all see,

cannot be all.

All that we all see,

all of it cannot be.

If gold is what all is,

whether we see

or don't see,

and silver is all that we see,

or think we see,

and even if we see a lot,

we see but the silvered side of that.

So i cannot call you gold,

for silver you will allways be.

Perhaps we glimpse one day,

one moment,

what we cannot see

but that would be

gold turning to silver

don't you see?

Though i cannot show you all of me

every day i will try as

i try to show all all of me:

no discretion;

no shame,

no defense,

all blame

rests here on me,

even so this does not render me

gold,

merely silver

where i have been seen.