This poem was originally written as a college spoken word poem for an art showcase night. Though it is not officially part of the In Isolation project, I did re-work this poem and get it back on to my laptop while in this quarantine, so I am publishing it here.
Wake up, breathe720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvkU0cltbXj
These are the lessons life taught me.720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ321NLhzxs9
I am no one- or maybe everyone?720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw5b3BcfS8Q
Just dust blowing in the wind720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEbUwj7s93E
Get up, brush off, make it home again720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNA80HbuSbS
Wake up, breathe720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRwD5cjCQ5G
Hide. Don't show your face, your fears720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoAu6XKDawm
They watch you like hawks, eyeing their prey720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrwNp9lZvKh
They don't want you near720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbKaHOZzE0P
Not enough room, you can't play720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡux7JX7qzRI
They see you fall, laugh behind your back720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9rQazy1YuL
They watch from afar720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdBSb3YAZQe
Putting on a mask720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuysmaP9VML
Humor me; make me say the word "friends"720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡykqbyDzRCI
So let's play a game:720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ62uMtIfFUd
One where I walk and fall, and stumble around720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVPMAxmDKaP
Due to legs not quite right.720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcK2Y339Yzl
One where you say "oh, she's my friend!"720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpjFK7da4VF
But wouldn't really care if I was dead.720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTGNsKSIajE
I'm just a person to be nice to,720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlZXussn7bN
Because somewhere in that unsaid rule book of society720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4fBtL2eNV2
It says you need to be nice.720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvugyabVwX2
Wake up, breathe720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqSkLppwwCo
Get a couple scars - move on.720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj8xClGJvZa
Ride a horse, find that freedom you were yearning720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHpjjGweaz3
Fall in love, realize it was never really meant to be.720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh5xXsoeTm1
Love is always more complicated than it seems.720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPDWshBmdgO
Break up, break a heart, fall back in line.720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0tui36VwFe
Just another day in this life of rushing blood.720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcZskhcGgix
Wake up, breathe720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf4CFqVcyCe
Go back, learn how it all ends720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz9wJQjbDEu
With stabs in the back, rumors running flat, lies spun and undone720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXA3yFO6AYh
And there is me, numb;720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEkFxtKar57
Lost in a world that doesn't make any sense.720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRP95gBtTTb
Scared to open her heart for fear of falling apart.720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4ycFCbo0HD
For fear of being torn apart (again).720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuGRNoZva1Q
Leave the familiar, move away720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeoAlUa6vDi
Gain some independence, what you've always wanted.720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1hp94F5zd8
Wake up, breathe720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5BdYfYsuJs
Know this is who you were meant to be.720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuCC9qjtUzh
Find a home in a God you were told about720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfAnW1cKlRs
But were losing faith in and weren't sure you believed720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡER5Pd4Ytsr
Learn interpretation is key, and love is all that matters.720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkkNyn86j7p
Find a way back to the road you once walked on720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKaDVVCtsDE
Make your own voice heard720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRdiKY7XOLR
These are lessons life taught me.720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGQrJnPhtkw
I'm still falling down, I'm still struggling720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeRtcUwLuMZ
Under the weight of loneliness720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqpDMmsi2p9
And a multitude of illnesses720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ5RWPDVhUc
Disabilities, and inconveniences.720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy9kwUGnjpJ
But I woke up today, I breathed.720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvBbR4Fkujw
I'm alive today.720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Q30w2FLVV
These are the lessons life taught me.720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNk3LuOCZxF
Not everyday is easy, but it's worth trying.720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNvxf1ii2vh
Because now I know someday it gets better720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJyPt45DmS7
I haven't found love720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD14gryR4BU
Or even that one special friend.720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAXqnxUdpro
But someday I will.720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡopF0q6rOfI
These are the lessons life taught me720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYzJaDXBVF9
And this is a poem for those like me who lost their way.720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡggyNscloKF
With a battle leading with retreat;720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQD5GrSQ72o
Those with their autoimmune diseases720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSLWOBJNKlV
Or cerebral palsy720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2WkGbuplon
Or anything else720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMOf1YTB2x2
That made it so life taught them a thing or two.720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcwDg6RLI4x
Wake up, breathe720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlbYfDRW2G1
For release isn't an option.720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmeTK5lL64v
When down the road, there will be so much to live for.720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS80FSxsJZp
So much to be here for, so many more life lessons to learn720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkEE7q7zPek
And so much more to see.
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