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Love me as I am (zipped)
You must live inside your head,
however briefly,
and sift through the junk of public opinion
to distill your own pure voice.
If summoning your public persona
feels like a hardship requiring
more than a morning cup of tea -
then learn to love your isolation.
If your solitude, like contagion,
scares those who seek comfort in the crowd,
shut your eyes.
Embrace your strangeness.
Delve into your own dark sea
dwell in its fathoms, unearth words
like rubies from a mountain,
Explore those ebony threads,
and weave your own story,
compose your own anthem
until the light returns.
however briefly,
and sift through the junk of public opinion
to distill your own pure voice.
If summoning your public persona
feels like a hardship requiring
more than a morning cup of tea -
then learn to love your isolation.
If your solitude, like contagion,
scares those who seek comfort in the crowd,
shut your eyes.
Embrace your strangeness.
Delve into your own dark sea
dwell in its fathoms, unearth words
like rubies from a mountain,
Explore those ebony threads,
and weave your own story,
compose your own anthem
until the light returns.
Published 9th Jun 2021
Author's Note
published in '100 words of solitude' May 2020 , a poem about letting yourself feel like shit and coming out the other end
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22nd Jun 2021 12:36pm
You've put out some wisdom here. Valuable to both young and old or more so for anyone who struggles to find themselves or their own path. Nice
22nd Jun 2021 3:58pm
