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Are you like me?
Can someone just hold me?
Don't fix me, don't try to change me
Can someone just know me?
Cause underneath, I'm broken and it's beautiful
—"Broken & Beautiful", Sung by Kelly Clarkson. Written by Steve Mac, John Mcdaid, Alecia B Moore, Marshmello
Are you like me?
written May 25th, 2021
I look for
reflections of myself
in the world
that aren't apologies
or clinical definitions of hurt
more than
an easy cliche in a song
but it is a start.
I listen to songs
read books and poems
watch tv shows and movies,
when I see a hint of familiarity
I get so damned excited
"Are you like me?!?
No? Sorry, my bad."
So I keep looking
trying to be brave
making expeditions into the world
while holding close
the book I find
the people I know and knew
who know me.
I don't tell anyone
what I am looking for
leaving it up to chance
hoping that fate
will bump us together
long enough to find out
Are you like me?
Don't fix me, don't try to change me
Can someone just know me?
Cause underneath, I'm broken and it's beautiful
—"Broken & Beautiful", Sung by Kelly Clarkson. Written by Steve Mac, John Mcdaid, Alecia B Moore, Marshmello
Are you like me?
written May 25th, 2021
I look for
reflections of myself
in the world
that aren't apologies
or clinical definitions of hurt
more than
an easy cliche in a song
but it is a start.
I listen to songs
read books and poems
watch tv shows and movies,
when I see a hint of familiarity
I get so damned excited
"Are you like me?!?
No? Sorry, my bad."
So I keep looking
trying to be brave
making expeditions into the world
while holding close
the book I find
the people I know and knew
who know me.
I don't tell anyone
what I am looking for
leaving it up to chance
hoping that fate
will bump us together
long enough to find out
Are you like me?
Published 26th May 2021
Author's Note
That song bothers me a bit. I would never create something that was broken intentionally. It's far from an ideal way to live life, but since I am this way, I need to find the beauty in it. I need to find people who can hold me and know me. Go listen to the Kelly Clarkson song. The depth of her voice makes that song.
Of course I love so many people who aren't like me, and there are people who know me who aren't like me, but I want to see myself somewhere in the world. Thank you to the artists who write themselves for the world to see.
Of course I love so many people who aren't like me, and there are people who know me who aren't like me, but I want to see myself somewhere in the world. Thank you to the artists who write themselves for the world to see.
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26th May 2021 5:14pm
This reads like a beautiful spiral staircase of depth that brings the reader to an edenic paradise of rumination into enlightenment.
I love how you break away from the stanza form, proposing the question that completes the quasi circular form of the piece, a question that is both the rumination and the enlightenment that the poem constructs and is constructed by. So cool.
Also... Breakaway is a Kelly Clarkson song!
In another offering of yours I mentioned how poetry is everywhere.
Also the confirmation, or seeking of confirmation.
I remember when I first saw the movie Split and was totally enthralled by the quote "the broken are the more evolved."
Later a good friend of mine cited that quote and I just remember the great feeling I had...
Very nicely written...
I love how you break away from the stanza form, proposing the question that completes the quasi circular form of the piece, a question that is both the rumination and the enlightenment that the poem constructs and is constructed by. So cool.
Also... Breakaway is a Kelly Clarkson song!
In another offering of yours I mentioned how poetry is everywhere.
Also the confirmation, or seeking of confirmation.
I remember when I first saw the movie Split and was totally enthralled by the quote "the broken are the more evolved."
Later a good friend of mine cited that quote and I just remember the great feeling I had...
Very nicely written...
26th May 2021 10:34pm
We are all seeking our soul family; those who innately know and understand us. We see the signs everywhere and our faith is sparked. I related to this write; I've been on that familiar path.
