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, breathe689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVMlaNDu2Il
These are the lessons life taught me.689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJGTswTNLTm
I am no one- or maybe everyone?689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡREw2VG6JNK
Just dust blowing in the wind689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkmuHeHIFKp
Get up, brush off, make it home again689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgTSftowROk
Wake up, breathe689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7P4iXVyLS5
Hide. Don't show your face, your fears689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo5W7zmz0bw
They watch you like hawks, eyeing their prey689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq2bTRSvfN9
They don't want you near689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyuBV0LZ6DK
Not enough room, you can't play689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhYJZZmHimF
They see you fall, laugh behind your back689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh9u5XhhtIi
They watch from afar689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsaneUF76hr
Putting on a mask689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNNg3fN8cS4
Humor me; make me say the word "friends"689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0kg2VqoTBz
So let's play a game:689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcRhwln6ysB
One where I walk and fall, and stumble around689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFrgJNjxje3
Due to legs not quite right.689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHr60odIHAK
One where you say "oh, she's my friend!"689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYj6Ca0jvRZ
But wouldn't really care if I was dead.689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkj08M6Bkzy
I'm just a person to be nice to,689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡilXnkskkep
Because somewhere in that unsaid rule book of society689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzkQu7jNYLG
It says you need to be nice.689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCZHQceBlqv
Wake up, breathe689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡav1QgzEj3a
Get a couple scars - move on.689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTfio3gBeEY
Ride a horse, find that freedom you were yearning689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq4hUZVwotX
Fall in love, realize it was never really meant to be.689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVXtIBUgREl
Love is always more complicated than it seems.689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2HdGrmlY2f
Break up, break a heart, fall back in line.689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNlSNfyNn1T
Just another day in this life of rushing blood.689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3astdFNpur
Wake up, breathe689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQV1zmx5SnY
Go back, learn how it all ends689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuybAC9Ds0C
With stabs in the back, rumors running flat, lies spun and undone689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ur7xVhw8O
And there is me, numb;689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqIgrzo90Ir
Lost in a world that doesn't make any sense.689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEzLlg5aOFt
Scared to open her heart for fear of falling apart.689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBg2suhAbGy
For fear of being torn apart (again).689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFeXflTE1af
Leave the familiar, move away689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoMwKPHcrJm
Gain some independence, what you've always wanted.689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGCPodkrb0s
Wake up, breathe689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGTtK8CkTS2
Know this is who you were meant to be.689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd4j03mXKju
Find a home in a God you were told about689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSaM1usZPuI
But were losing faith in and weren't sure you believed689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0bJn1J46Ze
Learn interpretation is key, and love is all that matters.689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh4zzrPCYxd
Find a way back to the road you once walked on689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE9hr8NXQrw
Make your own voice heard689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyF3y5RUyYS
These are lessons life taught me.689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ9psksp31I
I'm still falling down, I'm still struggling689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwuTuFse8cL
Under the weight of loneliness689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsRZ2G0PKaH
And a multitude of illnesses689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFgYLciU6G2
Disabilities, and inconveniences.689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiygZV7pWUc
But I woke up today, I breathed.689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNaop5hV13K
I'm alive today.689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvvszQ6X8AM
These are the lessons life taught me.689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡar7JAOizPm
Not everyday is easy, but it's worth trying.689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡREqsRD4BIO
Because now I know someday it gets better689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ90ejiKObBW
I haven't found love689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6qfoUJgGDq
Or even that one special friend.689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLQnKr5axw9
But someday I will.689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtY2gabUG46
These are the lessons life taught me689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL9Sn2p4ut8
And this is a poem for those like me who lost their way.689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj6sCrNtKSm
With a battle leading with retreat;689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCx5O09sV1K
Those with their autoimmune diseases689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnQUX2ENfD2
Or cerebral palsy689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZt0PBTQ8q1
Or anything else689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSV1cV2tLnx
That made it so life taught them a thing or two.689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRPfvjyBEpO
Wake up, breathe689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSqdIY4IhT4
For release isn't an option.689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGdoUJfyuh7
When down the road, there will be so much to live for.689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9G1KgdUjLr
So much to be here for, so many more life lessons to learn689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiWQrIfpoDa
And so much more to see.
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