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, breathe662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ycWUlvw4G
These are the lessons life taught me.662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM33k14p8Hu
I am no one- or maybe everyone?662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGeYs0WSXJf
Just dust blowing in the wind662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfVCf4jJr9x
Get up, brush off, make it home again662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbOBLZ1bkwX
Wake up, breathe662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdkAac83yj3
Hide. Don't show your face, your fears662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhBQbCbGGtW
They watch you like hawks, eyeing their prey662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ30dUeDRmq0
They don't want you near662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7bKJV51hTm
Not enough room, you can't play662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyk5n5cKyEj
They see you fall, laugh behind your back662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRZcD30QdcK
They watch from afar662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhWRLXePPlk
Putting on a mask662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpzo4TmAxVP
Humor me; make me say the word "friends"662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbAe5E9g6SV
So let's play a game:662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg72lqgWfkn
One where I walk and fall, and stumble around662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEDcbQAn7au
Due to legs not quite right.662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnOGeC5POGU
One where you say "oh, she's my friend!"662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOvt6EUSGkv
But wouldn't really care if I was dead.662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLQBk6WLq4o
I'm just a person to be nice to,662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhpiPOjcVXe
Because somewhere in that unsaid rule book of society662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCWOvoJwA7p
It says you need to be nice.662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUpt9tjprKQ
Wake up, breathe662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkbqZotZUCR
Get a couple scars - move on.662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7aBVoIlzBg
Ride a horse, find that freedom you were yearning662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxEOePL3Cf8
Fall in love, realize it was never really meant to be.662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6PpzgQ32h6
Love is always more complicated than it seems.662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcIAjGmbseV
Break up, break a heart, fall back in line.662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ78VmDjWkkW
Just another day in this life of rushing blood.662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqoRNdbcPje
Wake up, breathe662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡekqIdacW0D
Go back, learn how it all ends662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyWSRYgb6wi
With stabs in the back, rumors running flat, lies spun and undone662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHbqrterQH3
And there is me, numb;662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4OeBuRZ5RW
Lost in a world that doesn't make any sense.662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF7KRoVo6i6
Scared to open her heart for fear of falling apart.662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡha4FtyZHpk
For fear of being torn apart (again).662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7mQbqwBcQn
Leave the familiar, move away662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtCFnR3J1jb
Gain some independence, what you've always wanted.662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL1FArAI76l
Wake up, breathe662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvrtAzb9zvh
Know this is who you were meant to be.662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8btIk3B5Um
Find a home in a God you were told about662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6X0HD5WhjI
But were losing faith in and weren't sure you believed662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9SamddFd2r
Learn interpretation is key, and love is all that matters.662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6FSRgedfai
Find a way back to the road you once walked on662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡirFyJwGtYP
Make your own voice heard662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9oUxI0bsoA
These are lessons life taught me.662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv5bFO01YYu
I'm still falling down, I'm still struggling662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTJkn3CLEsp
Under the weight of loneliness662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRWkfa9NLTZ
And a multitude of illnesses662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxmIZE0kLrh
Disabilities, and inconveniences.662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI9VAyIC3iR
But I woke up today, I breathed.662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4YuGnN0MBy
I'm alive today.662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKomwdEO4Vv
These are the lessons life taught me.662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3t9ZRzruYU
Not everyday is easy, but it's worth trying.662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9U2o2pR2Nt
Because now I know someday it gets better662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0hv9o4tLOf
I haven't found love662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRC5oXMuWVt
Or even that one special friend.662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuzRrRkwDau
But someday I will.662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ68eG6dpjZu
These are the lessons life taught me662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQBBbVMCY1U
And this is a poem for those like me who lost their way.662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc22BcPdBAR
With a battle leading with retreat;662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe98eByskJj
Those with their autoimmune diseases662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAptv2R0WSN
Or cerebral palsy662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTy8jmAxCD2
Or anything else662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwMOYlYYibV
That made it so life taught them a thing or two.662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcRkeJVQApJ
Wake up, breathe662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRWEWL3uBBd
For release isn't an option.662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHYggD8SPGy
When down the road, there will be so much to live for.662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj4E237fTFI
So much to be here for, so many more life lessons to learn662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFfanjtosAD
And so much more to see.
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