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, breathe1007Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡREnCxoSjff
These are the lessons life taught me.1007Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnRpcjkdgpB
I am no one- or maybe everyone?1007Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXwTEjEdPCB
Just dust blowing in the wind1007Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlOiMfet30B
Get up, brush off, make it home again1007Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwEi29SJH3R
Wake up, breathe1007Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9jnRwHgue4
Hide. Don't show your face, your fears1007Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBPV9XQmsLr
They watch you like hawks, eyeing their prey1007Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFlHxCU8tNR
They don't want you near1007Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Jtx0zo0ft
Not enough room, you can't play1007Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHapquN4hBR
They see you fall, laugh behind your back1007Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgwlcNDVrVQ
They watch from afar1007Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN3t7Az73Un
Putting on a mask1007Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB7glAEyT3T
Humor me; make me say the word "friends"1007Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeYZzjvkUS4
So let's play a game:1007Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF2hajyUkBm
One where I walk and fall, and stumble around1007Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡszOFcXRqPz
Due to legs not quite right.1007Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmZfmeLWycZ
One where you say "oh, she's my friend!"1007Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOO16LKOlN0
But wouldn't really care if I was dead.1007Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPlBJNr8Gne
I'm just a person to be nice to,1007Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYPjkAGZbJQ
Because somewhere in that unsaid rule book of society1007Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQrtUyiXCEz
It says you need to be nice.1007Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡebpaET5lMa
Wake up, breathe1007Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQoUiFKjn8b
Get a couple scars - move on.1007Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6I0xVTgD1H
Ride a horse, find that freedom you were yearning1007Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS13Kr971ez
Fall in love, realize it was never really meant to be.1007Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNEAe4EnSRt
Love is always more complicated than it seems.1007Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7SY7pCo2IC
Break up, break a heart, fall back in line.1007Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhA3SfylU1Z
Just another day in this life of rushing blood.1007Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWK0azt16xK
Wake up, breathe1007Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡylBfNITGEZ
Go back, learn how it all ends1007Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC9SB1wTC1y
With stabs in the back, rumors running flat, lies spun and undone1007Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuI5FfTNUE1
And there is me, numb;1007Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpkqBCEjMhf
Lost in a world that doesn't make any sense.1007Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrk98ErvDZ3
Scared to open her heart for fear of falling apart.1007Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPX0WE2JJIE
For fear of being torn apart (again).1007Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOwJwnlNM7K
Leave the familiar, move away1007Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoLrKsblqqQ
Gain some independence, what you've always wanted.1007Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp3stNsliKp
Wake up, breathe1007Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs1HwuHAkwW
Know this is who you were meant to be.1007Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2PjRoWAVcp
Find a home in a God you were told about1007Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUy9ZiiBBSG
But were losing faith in and weren't sure you believed1007Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHaDCNorZSv
Learn interpretation is key, and love is all that matters.1007Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIVS2EBCRWl
Find a way back to the road you once walked on1007Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP8BhLgDWh2
Make your own voice heard1007Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi6NyN9VzGZ
These are lessons life taught me.1007Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOtnt5PFE7F
I'm still falling down, I'm still struggling1007Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ432iBjeFFd
Under the weight of loneliness1007Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkJ34iYcEGq
And a multitude of illnesses1007Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6xnjr6e9zv
Disabilities, and inconveniences.1007Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuC14JJnY5t
But I woke up today, I breathed.1007Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzZ5XcuEF1J
I'm alive today.1007Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfkYUawutHV
These are the lessons life taught me.1007Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcPRnv46vWy
Not everyday is easy, but it's worth trying.1007Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRKr8dCPQxa
Because now I know someday it gets better1007Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZXD22aIEvz
I haven't found love1007Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaZdhLCFpVF
Or even that one special friend.1007Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZAkRk1hjbR
But someday I will.1007Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmTRVgZepvj
These are the lessons life taught me1007Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdiXPbmrf4M
And this is a poem for those like me who lost their way.1007Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgE24VOKMa4
With a battle leading with retreat;1007Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqIzZ84JB61
Those with their autoimmune diseases1007Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMb07wblKAk
Or cerebral palsy1007Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDlPeJnyDiW
Or anything else1007Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6GSyLAYxa3
That made it so life taught them a thing or two.1007Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB3l7MSwXJS
Wake up, breathe1007Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4pKVUaiXNP
For release isn't an option.1007Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYgAIUGlmhT
When down the road, there will be so much to live for.1007Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG2Ex8FRXk4
So much to be here for, so many more life lessons to learn1007Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ73V09L9hK1
And so much more to see.
and then Add to home screen.