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, breathe647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYmvAvnoEGf
These are the lessons life taught me.647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ27nffe6n4R
I am no one- or maybe everyone?647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkYBg22x0uO
Just dust blowing in the wind647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPVBqtcNGUS
Get up, brush off, make it home again647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVLrfqEdIcc
Wake up, breathe647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlg2rN6gPZg
Hide. Don't show your face, your fears647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz6z17idtd7
They watch you like hawks, eyeing their prey647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxAeQlSFzQ5
They don't want you near647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgoHxtFdnU5
Not enough room, you can't play647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKFy6qmvOBI
They see you fall, laugh behind your back647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRwm9D0RvDt
They watch from afar647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ43NUtINzbq
Putting on a mask647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6sLTjeDpY1
Humor me; make me say the word "friends"647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡniZlw8yNd3
So let's play a game:647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa5CUtCodvn
One where I walk and fall, and stumble around647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIjNY9Do8mn
Due to legs not quite right.647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6VbdNjZtHe
One where you say "oh, she's my friend!"647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH5fLX4tLyc
But wouldn't really care if I was dead.647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVbjp2mKwdJ
I'm just a person to be nice to,647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPtRBWnXOOs
Because somewhere in that unsaid rule book of society647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD5Obr1ZsSk
It says you need to be nice.647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNU6LKY2AoB
Wake up, breathe647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxjl78n6IR0
Get a couple scars - move on.647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ00XsO4RphC
Ride a horse, find that freedom you were yearning647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZjNnN09h37
Fall in love, realize it was never really meant to be.647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeQMIF3FCW6
Love is always more complicated than it seems.647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7cHNJPBdof
Break up, break a heart, fall back in line.647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiHs4Z1eSv6
Just another day in this life of rushing blood.647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOF8Uvs0tpH
Wake up, breathe647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGlmQLSa6Xy
Go back, learn how it all ends647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTzdJaBVCKa
With stabs in the back, rumors running flat, lies spun and undone647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgL2hLmIyWZ
And there is me, numb;647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN7Hun7KJpf
Lost in a world that doesn't make any sense.647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlMSMl3Ji8o
Scared to open her heart for fear of falling apart.647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFcNkDc3hje
For fear of being torn apart (again).647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ00UGgfAc4A
Leave the familiar, move away647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlw3mK2dWDR
Gain some independence, what you've always wanted.647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdh5Af3FboR
Wake up, breathe647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuqrb7OmPQm
Know this is who you were meant to be.647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRaCOEiHqts
Find a home in a God you were told about647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcxD2XpQVhC
But were losing faith in and weren't sure you believed647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN457q8Bs5d
Learn interpretation is key, and love is all that matters.647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2UiFUsGz4R
Find a way back to the road you once walked on647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNtajcXOXFv
Make your own voice heard647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTqjCoDphfJ
These are lessons life taught me.647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdpPFRnyYxA
I'm still falling down, I'm still struggling647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6tm4PBpykE
Under the weight of loneliness647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEzU7wyAHXg
And a multitude of illnesses647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYQ0OWOrgaG
Disabilities, and inconveniences.647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh1JRxst2tB
But I woke up today, I breathed.647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ19gzdi5p45
I'm alive today.647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNZC02iYFZL
These are the lessons life taught me.647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl8kHkZgOGo
Not everyday is easy, but it's worth trying.647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTacSiBXVLT
Because now I know someday it gets better647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu8j7JWYwS6
I haven't found love647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkvvyts1YoR
Or even that one special friend.647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9kssLc5N8G
But someday I will.647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZXCJPSA6z8
These are the lessons life taught me647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbNBZ4Jo0el
And this is a poem for those like me who lost their way.647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNx7RuNMYx8
With a battle leading with retreat;647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzOZCZl0hxe
Those with their autoimmune diseases647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNO2kyn7w9Z
Or cerebral palsy647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLvhRDAptNf
Or anything else647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8ZpFNuyO3o
That made it so life taught them a thing or two.647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHUtRJKP3H9
Wake up, breathe647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcnRHhJZy5f
For release isn't an option.647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCOFifIlAjx
When down the road, there will be so much to live for.647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdm3VsLTaNt
So much to be here for, so many more life lessons to learn647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdGTZe2C07n
And so much more to see.
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