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, breathe682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDky51dHfLp
These are the lessons life taught me.682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwJF67ZeP42
I am no one- or maybe everyone?682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi9ZhaUrnw9
Just dust blowing in the wind682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ59wer14Dl9
Get up, brush off, make it home again682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpIfCs0dDea
Wake up, breathe682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3EPTpiFLtr
Hide. Don't show your face, your fears682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpI4zwMF9IM
They watch you like hawks, eyeing their prey682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSgzPZQjcGj
They don't want you near682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfV7EG4ndv4
Not enough room, you can't play682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdc7LHLNFZe
They see you fall, laugh behind your back682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS9JrxhdNYW
They watch from afar682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLr8WTHwZY7
Putting on a mask682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWkP8P9gRKC
Humor me; make me say the word "friends"682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIJyFaRKpFt
So let's play a game:682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoIeghYQYiB
One where I walk and fall, and stumble around682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7v4RNbs3Nj
Due to legs not quite right.682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVnpi6I7mno
One where you say "oh, she's my friend!"682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpHOYQXg7Dn
But wouldn't really care if I was dead.682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWA6e0oGJpt
I'm just a person to be nice to,682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjyYivjuqCX
Because somewhere in that unsaid rule book of society682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfie4QduChl
It says you need to be nice.682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ84tp7DEtNj
Wake up, breathe682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCxENj7fgNY
Get a couple scars - move on.682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVaDlRhd5rj
Ride a horse, find that freedom you were yearning682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSZDrH4XmxS
Fall in love, realize it was never really meant to be.682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN3dUZN4loe
Love is always more complicated than it seems.682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtDWRkDBSsj
Break up, break a heart, fall back in line.682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQRlU4QMMQq
Just another day in this life of rushing blood.682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡun2BXNamjk
Wake up, breathe682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlwxrf9NaD4
Go back, learn how it all ends682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ4FvbnVHZy
With stabs in the back, rumors running flat, lies spun and undone682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxDMTSZQMj0
And there is me, numb;682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9irRymVdJX
Lost in a world that doesn't make any sense.682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9gvxjWm9c2
Scared to open her heart for fear of falling apart.682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyAASP3QwxI
For fear of being torn apart (again).682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1EeLaSUym2
Leave the familiar, move away682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHRNoRU95KY
Gain some independence, what you've always wanted.682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX4mwfDpUmq
Wake up, breathe682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS6nyUN3FFZ
Know this is who you were meant to be.682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkaHDFT4UXz
Find a home in a God you were told about682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5kt4LHWhpT
But were losing faith in and weren't sure you believed682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlRUmZBL29Z
Learn interpretation is key, and love is all that matters.682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC0klBegAfB
Find a way back to the road you once walked on682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmQGR3X9Lt0
Make your own voice heard682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXlwRXvFcgw
These are lessons life taught me.682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNkndHr6RjH
I'm still falling down, I'm still struggling682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS1hwIfBlgr
Under the weight of loneliness682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf2Ju9qkP7a
And a multitude of illnesses682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkxoDWEqCYd
Disabilities, and inconveniences.682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRDiqNBpljv
But I woke up today, I breathed.682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXahkQKXnuR
I'm alive today.682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZb2XsFHPI1
These are the lessons life taught me.682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXg7kQEzkbk
Not everyday is easy, but it's worth trying.682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBf74VcTZ3H
Because now I know someday it gets better682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1bIXyj3ow3
I haven't found love682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHiE4PE4PNV
Or even that one special friend.682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd4q7ZM9CHV
But someday I will.682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjQU2VQ3ral
These are the lessons life taught me682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4PHHmqTFFw
And this is a poem for those like me who lost their way.682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIVoKpA21Il
With a battle leading with retreat;682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0TKFLPUKqF
Those with their autoimmune diseases682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡebfNWMG4Io
Or cerebral palsy682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡayh1JAzGou
Or anything else682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1iYS02L1Ia
That made it so life taught them a thing or two.682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCpfUYsQKY1
Wake up, breathe682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPhh9B8wVWr
For release isn't an option.682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLBGefPpjdV
When down the road, there will be so much to live for.682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjMrMKNxNzg
So much to be here for, so many more life lessons to learn682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7N4zGIotVp
And so much more to see.
然後按「加至主畫面」