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, breathe619Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUJAZwvFu1X
These are the lessons life taught me.619Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuWBAeuo7oU
I am no one- or maybe everyone?619Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuzmU4NAJbX
Just dust blowing in the wind619Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr0YQc3PcCF
Get up, brush off, make it home again619Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqC7OdH19xG
Wake up, breathe619Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsLyGRxK2u2
Hide. Don't show your face, your fears619Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtIYPEJCrxt
They watch you like hawks, eyeing their prey619Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8vmKEVuEk4
They don't want you near619Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhtqOAr1gEA
Not enough room, you can't play619Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYDtocnYTO6
They see you fall, laugh behind your back619Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIctzCMBQ1s
They watch from afar619Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqOeNHNq0aV
Putting on a mask619Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ261aRb95yz
Humor me; make me say the word "friends"619Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP2qvIqE3hA
So let's play a game:619Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmX24DMRtew
One where I walk and fall, and stumble around619Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFZ7eSZxWBP
Due to legs not quite right.619Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfvef0DiCWI
One where you say "oh, she's my friend!"619Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg3YslFZMXx
But wouldn't really care if I was dead.619Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqPdBzVlO13
I'm just a person to be nice to,619Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXlkfRVUska
Because somewhere in that unsaid rule book of society619Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgRo8OKY3a1
It says you need to be nice.619Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgHh0lVn7bO
Wake up, breathe619Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8oB2Bu9yjR
Get a couple scars - move on.619Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq4mma5WKQW
Ride a horse, find that freedom you were yearning619Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSV7x9uxg6H
Fall in love, realize it was never really meant to be.619Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhTUSou4TvO
Love is always more complicated than it seems.619Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUuebw2ScMS
Break up, break a heart, fall back in line.619Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXSXkRNPOaM
Just another day in this life of rushing blood.619Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQahbf4yiQq
Wake up, breathe619Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT27g7rlpKd
Go back, learn how it all ends619Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvs5XtxjOrP
With stabs in the back, rumors running flat, lies spun and undone619Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAjGYKUw7sh
And there is me, numb;619Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdYcwAyGvbq
Lost in a world that doesn't make any sense.619Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVgEepW8BtM
Scared to open her heart for fear of falling apart.619Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn1fNVLDLFw
For fear of being torn apart (again).619Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpDXkdJVsNv
Leave the familiar, move away619Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9lGxWabcBu
Gain some independence, what you've always wanted.619Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrKwPBbPE8B
Wake up, breathe619Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLMt5LJLlRK
Know this is who you were meant to be.619Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡndHIau2I0c
Find a home in a God you were told about619Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKYBJuRH2nV
But were losing faith in and weren't sure you believed619Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdWklGk1Uy8
Learn interpretation is key, and love is all that matters.619Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOq26ANI2oq
Find a way back to the road you once walked on619Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvhnQjFtIsP
Make your own voice heard619Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj6qp9ObtFS
These are lessons life taught me.619Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlZcnGpEhF4
I'm still falling down, I'm still struggling619Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhCAvK9e5ct
Under the weight of loneliness619Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ06spxoW9XP
And a multitude of illnesses619Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXXfgfg6Jhw
Disabilities, and inconveniences.619Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMDZOWTvFNz
But I woke up today, I breathed.619Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8KworyKRLa
I'm alive today.619Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIc1onV9FC9
These are the lessons life taught me.619Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIOsgCxmILa
Not everyday is easy, but it's worth trying.619Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFic9i7om6c
Because now I know someday it gets better619Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPCarKYWfsX
I haven't found love619Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv4lFOp7y6K
Or even that one special friend.619Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG8Lx9lEpjE
But someday I will.619Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXmQEu3TVvo
These are the lessons life taught me619Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjMN1fItTwX
And this is a poem for those like me who lost their way.619Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpjUsOD4lCG
With a battle leading with retreat;619Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWqcBGv3lIU
Those with their autoimmune diseases619Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEnSYbtYyEp
Or cerebral palsy619Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA2fLOU3QvY
Or anything else619Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMFoi1XAZbN
That made it so life taught them a thing or two.619Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq6gEF37lnk
Wake up, breathe619Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu0OtVu04Pd
For release isn't an option.619Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzt9lsnc2Jl
When down the road, there will be so much to live for.619Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6PGpmWf3h2
So much to be here for, so many more life lessons to learn619Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKtxpa7mM5e
And so much more to see.
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