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, breathe663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGH1Rv35FG5
These are the lessons life taught me.663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4fHAlTFRSX
I am no one- or maybe everyone?663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4WvGaHDvjx
Just dust blowing in the wind663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTsB21oXLSo
Get up, brush off, make it home again663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJLX8TvPtKO
Wake up, breathe663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLNLfN60LNt
Hide. Don't show your face, your fears663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn12or6iVST
They watch you like hawks, eyeing their prey663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ385Zku9PH3
They don't want you near663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE4Mak7Tqf3
Not enough room, you can't play663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf09YE87rqk
They see you fall, laugh behind your back663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡezRK1oHdJh
They watch from afar663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHpUSXhRFth
Putting on a mask663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhdawECr9SQ
Humor me; make me say the word "friends"663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsnjOrTnak0
So let's play a game:663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOYvvucp1qC
One where I walk and fall, and stumble around663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBrn8bSK7gY
Due to legs not quite right.663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7AIPaUBQlo
One where you say "oh, she's my friend!"663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMcrw1KPbA8
But wouldn't really care if I was dead.663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx5MapNYtiX
I'm just a person to be nice to,663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOrTvyvwOSl
Because somewhere in that unsaid rule book of society663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡByhG60Dh8x
It says you need to be nice.663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRRXNALVkJJ
Wake up, breathe663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡadWwVN2cyG
Get a couple scars - move on.663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaf491Cwj7s
Ride a horse, find that freedom you were yearning663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRnfQNOJ2HF
Fall in love, realize it was never really meant to be.663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAFidP3OHPQ
Love is always more complicated than it seems.663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW6EIjvcJCq
Break up, break a heart, fall back in line.663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMiRZc4BJHQ
Just another day in this life of rushing blood.663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUMc2nJnaXu
Wake up, breathe663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBsPJJqwo6S
Go back, learn how it all ends663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxBVApoYBUB
With stabs in the back, rumors running flat, lies spun and undone663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZguCYQgF7D
And there is me, numb;663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaKiNYRV5iP
Lost in a world that doesn't make any sense.663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyTcuIWM99F
Scared to open her heart for fear of falling apart.663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfAN5q4zB38
For fear of being torn apart (again).663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsr5DIJZ7zn
Leave the familiar, move away663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZI66roCjjG
Gain some independence, what you've always wanted.663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGIuQ7m0F76
Wake up, breathe663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj2bfQsxkNh
Know this is who you were meant to be.663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOVXZlNbVsF
Find a home in a God you were told about663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR32LPqJHuu
But were losing faith in and weren't sure you believed663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAPzYEPppnD
Learn interpretation is key, and love is all that matters.663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjtGNPrw0No
Find a way back to the road you once walked on663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnSG9KqTj86
Make your own voice heard663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Pn4V8KVm4
These are lessons life taught me.663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdJ8tbph7Nt
I'm still falling down, I'm still struggling663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrUtQLpFtdr
Under the weight of loneliness663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj2xdjXckvH
And a multitude of illnesses663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHk2DGC5PWf
Disabilities, and inconveniences.663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbVpNaidpVy
But I woke up today, I breathed.663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2aglzSS0SX
I'm alive today.663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYN7p0wVcoX
These are the lessons life taught me.663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiRH50SNjTp
Not everyday is easy, but it's worth trying.663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaLitOlACzr
Because now I know someday it gets better663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡznIrWZI0xj
I haven't found love663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFu6VmtRd7j
Or even that one special friend.663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡofLqvqBPl3
But someday I will.663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX0b89HVlVt
These are the lessons life taught me663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdH9DNDP8xL
And this is a poem for those like me who lost their way.663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmbkM7yeBrT
With a battle leading with retreat;663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvVNCaOIYnx
Those with their autoimmune diseases663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsuG0NnEjzs
Or cerebral palsy663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2JQUlcHeyv
Or anything else663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhHPlofZATR
That made it so life taught them a thing or two.663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqlB7VAP0Sp
Wake up, breathe663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBdHD3LFqMI
For release isn't an option.663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrujyt6B05C
When down the road, there will be so much to live for.663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH9V1UuAR5N
So much to be here for, so many more life lessons to learn663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6pCPW807hy
And so much more to see.
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