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, breathe645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh8aXSVGKUe
These are the lessons life taught me.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAPJE71ObHP
I am no one- or maybe everyone?645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf0DNVJE45H
Just dust blowing in the wind645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu2OiYhG7FU
Get up, brush off, make it home again645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ07WK6N9Gsp
Wake up, breathe645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWxHtDw1CHT
Hide. Don't show your face, your fears645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHTq0fiWKeM
They watch you like hawks, eyeing their prey645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIDEt44hp3s
They don't want you near645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKX9jlpDj8W
Not enough room, you can't play645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHqRaSDteyc
They see you fall, laugh behind your back645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRaM9K32a08
They watch from afar645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6LtLWyywyp
Putting on a mask645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq2tIvXsNC0
Humor me; make me say the word "friends"645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH0C0d8joFc
So let's play a game:645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqz3k3uF9KO
One where I walk and fall, and stumble around645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ87w1cJTiXZ
Due to legs not quite right.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzl17QnFRxW
One where you say "oh, she's my friend!"645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ8aI17T6IK
But wouldn't really care if I was dead.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIJqOe1rDRE
I'm just a person to be nice to,645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh0CE85kThs
Because somewhere in that unsaid rule book of society645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡylYmzMWnPL
It says you need to be nice.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsvmrdPeCVj
Wake up, breathe645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKJ3fveS0VE
Get a couple scars - move on.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKJ0iQC8M4X
Ride a horse, find that freedom you were yearning645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtz99UuGaSX
Fall in love, realize it was never really meant to be.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNRme241oMy
Love is always more complicated than it seems.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnbnjgm4Ww5
Break up, break a heart, fall back in line.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQzrya7fr3Z
Just another day in this life of rushing blood.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBPsv3ePGb5
Wake up, breathe645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAqWollOyfk
Go back, learn how it all ends645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhlfvbwCJra
With stabs in the back, rumors running flat, lies spun and undone645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFAyEcEo3FW
And there is me, numb;645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ44ENoKu7rW
Lost in a world that doesn't make any sense.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqwLx8EvtxO
Scared to open her heart for fear of falling apart.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwemlVnAHfr
For fear of being torn apart (again).645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡquWWPyug8p
Leave the familiar, move away645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd8DDhRYE5L
Gain some independence, what you've always wanted.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoZu64zLExM
Wake up, breathe645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCSUy2JRJEP
Know this is who you were meant to be.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU7ypeSuVKL
Find a home in a God you were told about645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ44Y0yFtTpn
But were losing faith in and weren't sure you believed645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTarEtJROOD
Learn interpretation is key, and love is all that matters.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCnJ8lQkd2S
Find a way back to the road you once walked on645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAz5bA48iVK
Make your own voice heard645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBDiys9E82l
These are lessons life taught me.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhxTpxLaqQc
I'm still falling down, I'm still struggling645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7gfqv6TTzj
Under the weight of loneliness645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIi8kT2qzbt
And a multitude of illnesses645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0a3r4ea9Lj
Disabilities, and inconveniences.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZV9QfZbLko
But I woke up today, I breathed.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnrAHgRlBvx
I'm alive today.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLpoVBIGcgm
These are the lessons life taught me.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvuDnpZjdmF
Not everyday is easy, but it's worth trying.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2xF3nbiHIx
Because now I know someday it gets better645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpfnpLoSyoJ
I haven't found love645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVbS0aicjVQ
Or even that one special friend.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHBq5E6HUc6
But someday I will.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF1l2MfuGkQ
These are the lessons life taught me645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfQEBm8oUzE
And this is a poem for those like me who lost their way.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO7TOP18wDc
With a battle leading with retreat;645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVXPuikKAAd
Those with their autoimmune diseases645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZaaBjWXA7T
Or cerebral palsy645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRPcLfGFbdR
Or anything else645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYztgTdDHs2
That made it so life taught them a thing or two.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEtRLzWx7ky
Wake up, breathe645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuvMaFWF7uU
For release isn't an option.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNIJUiKz6RW
When down the road, there will be so much to live for.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ68DWoebVPB
So much to be here for, so many more life lessons to learn645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnlOmoxrWPg
And so much more to see.
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