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Safety in Conformity
within the box conformity resides
safely within my limit I confine
never to follow uncharted highways
or to stumble on unfamiliar terrain
I know my dreams remain unseen
left forever in my peripheral sight
but not hurt with disappointment
never to embark on any daring feat
I am safe here you see
living in conformity
doing the circle game for eternity
thinking within the box safely
within the box ideas may go stale
the same inspiration will prevail
but time is unwasted in ideas uncharted
slow and steady towards greater heights
safely within my limit I confine
never to follow uncharted highways
or to stumble on unfamiliar terrain
I know my dreams remain unseen
left forever in my peripheral sight
but not hurt with disappointment
never to embark on any daring feat
I am safe here you see
living in conformity
doing the circle game for eternity
thinking within the box safely
within the box ideas may go stale
the same inspiration will prevail
but time is unwasted in ideas uncharted
slow and steady towards greater heights
Published 28th Mar 2024
Author's Note
Inspired by Missy's competition
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28th Mar 2024 5:16pm
30th Mar 2024 11:00am
28th Mar 2024 5:47pm
There certainly is safety and security in conformity but it can also be a cage. Nice write 🌹
29th Mar 2024 2:35am
Sounds like you're dying to get out, lol. The only remedy (or one of them at least) is that we form a pop band with you as the front woman obviously. I'll just be the unshaven scruffy one with the guitar that the camera rarely focuses on but hey, I don't mind. I'd just be happy to be apart of something really, haha! ;-)
29th Mar 2024 4:22am
I have always wanted to be a lead singer with a band. You would be the perfect groovy one with the screaming strings, with girls throwing their panties to. I wonder if they still do that. Id love to be Suzie Quatro or an Asian version of Tina Turner. lol!!! Actually the poem is fiction...just describing why, if ever, I would be within a 'box'. I am so out of the box, people look at me with question marks over their head. Thanks for dropping by Billy.
29th Mar 2024 4:26am
You certainly think outside the box, that's for sure! The only thing they may be throwing at me are rotten tomatoes or eggs, lol! Guess I'll just have to work harder on my sexy mean 'n' moody pout, huh? ;-)
29th Mar 2024 6:26am
30th Mar 2024 10:58am
What an insightful look at safety. I love where you took your wonderful poem to. Very straightforward as well as so sincere. Great poem, Grace!
30th Mar 2024 10:59am
30th Mar 2024 11:12am
30th Mar 2024 11:23pm
It looks like a recipe for being glad,... not happy...
Happiness is an intricate word.
So we need to be “seen” as writers...
Happiness is an intricate word.
So we need to be “seen” as writers...
I don't know about the need to be seen as writers, but yes glad is good, happiness is better. Thanks for reading, Marks. Appreciated as always
1st Apr 2024 3:06pm
4th May 2024 8:26pm
Self reflective writes always provide a great insight, not just for the writer but for the reader and how the subject applies to their own experience.
Nicely done Grace.
Nicely done Grace.
4th May 2024 11:46pm
You're right Wally. Experiences shape us in a certain way😊that's not to say that we couldn't break away though. We always have our own will. Anyway thanks for reading Wally.
