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, breathe747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl6p5PagX4f
These are the lessons life taught me.747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmGtxiH8rhb
I am no one- or maybe everyone?747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEQp2PE7SgJ
Just dust blowing in the wind747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡugortnVfKj
Get up, brush off, make it home again747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUbK9NmezdV
Wake up, breathe747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSdsOUSijgb
Hide. Don't show your face, your fears747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1FGTwZ0Eyl
They watch you like hawks, eyeing their prey747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSbEyfIKyWp
They don't want you near747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHR3dLnO5Dg
Not enough room, you can't play747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTH5NFk7w0j
They see you fall, laugh behind your back747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdVKznbYNg8
They watch from afar747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWHFu7aK2gg
Putting on a mask747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzBFCL8DXMl
Humor me; make me say the word "friends"747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡArzz7ljpMe
So let's play a game:747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh9UcWkpjOo
One where I walk and fall, and stumble around747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFLt8I4HfSH
Due to legs not quite right.747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI8ytbjCJp7
One where you say "oh, she's my friend!"747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6bOAQsZgLK
But wouldn't really care if I was dead.747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs3sY5CxxmX
I'm just a person to be nice to,747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc4zVYHVJec
Because somewhere in that unsaid rule book of society747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI7HHmVkIzs
It says you need to be nice.747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpHUJAQ9z6w
Wake up, breathe747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWO7V22VWxQ
Get a couple scars - move on.747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfyCoBsU85g
Ride a horse, find that freedom you were yearning747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDsBxUIHLfo
Fall in love, realize it was never really meant to be.747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYPrkoqKhnw
Love is always more complicated than it seems.747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVM4f5ctFMt
Break up, break a heart, fall back in line.747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2cd70ubyzY
Just another day in this life of rushing blood.747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLtyWPneWpM
Wake up, breathe747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEviKzwGxiO
Go back, learn how it all ends747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdNAB1u7Qiz
With stabs in the back, rumors running flat, lies spun and undone747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkJVkT33zi4
And there is me, numb;747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0QAVl3SpIV
Lost in a world that doesn't make any sense.747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEWdMMFEoHP
Scared to open her heart for fear of falling apart.747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Eu49aCudc
For fear of being torn apart (again).747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfornzXd9OZ
Leave the familiar, move away747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Y6EzCU3Eq
Gain some independence, what you've always wanted.747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB6blQkOiD9
Wake up, breathe747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbBTWX0dtve
Know this is who you were meant to be.747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4DTFieyYNP
Find a home in a God you were told about747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNTvv4bsDwo
But were losing faith in and weren't sure you believed747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHJlDJyvl8q
Learn interpretation is key, and love is all that matters.747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡetagJkyvzJ
Find a way back to the road you once walked on747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFhwd3tuL7V
Make your own voice heard747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ85c7sTceWV
These are lessons life taught me.747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvb73Xp6kOI
I'm still falling down, I'm still struggling747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡstky8nsnMk
Under the weight of loneliness747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1UhEDvZUoT
And a multitude of illnesses747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjJp7WsZeAM
Disabilities, and inconveniences.747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqy2rCEshYp
But I woke up today, I breathed.747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXlJtJaFUIQ
I'm alive today.747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb8fabHiVTE
These are the lessons life taught me.747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw361ncX64j
Not everyday is easy, but it's worth trying.747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMuNK6hIEqU
Because now I know someday it gets better747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx8RcGPro1E
I haven't found love747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRmB3VvCSdu
Or even that one special friend.747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ5DvJR2iel
But someday I will.747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgXfYesqkoD
These are the lessons life taught me747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8vBBu35TLd
And this is a poem for those like me who lost their way.747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXSa4WBiEFj
With a battle leading with retreat;747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8n8J0qdUP6
Those with their autoimmune diseases747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ418MlM8TGO
Or cerebral palsy747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGIhmK2gIus
Or anything else747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8J935Y23fA
That made it so life taught them a thing or two.747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ9xniuK8OX
Wake up, breathe747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdXikHB75aw
For release isn't an option.747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5LYFPVImvS
When down the road, there will be so much to live for.747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPHnJEEhvag
So much to be here for, so many more life lessons to learn747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5vXSPwPjJA
And so much more to see.
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