As the blog grows, I’m hoping to expand my content a little and I wanted to ask you, the reader, what you want to see on my blog in the coming months..
Isolation
is where you go to hide
but for me
it’s the closest thing to my mind
Nobody
can see me, or hear me
and no one
can judge me, or hurt me
Too long
I’ve tried to be another
and misled by mothers
called fear, past, and pain
I lost sight of the goal
and forgot my name
Wandering through the desert
deserted by everything, including myself
believing I was finished
death’s verdict dealt
And just when I felt lost
when the flask of water had been tossed
I felt a second wind
a writers high
all the abuse
all the neglect
just fell away
With every word
my wings grew larger
and before long, I could fly
While I no longer
wish to die and all the like
I never forget
where I was
what I used to be
because while I hated it
the desert made me
molded me
and I’m a better me
because of it
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YOWZA—GREAT EXPRESSIVE POEM!
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The feeling of isolation comforts and describes so well in your work.
Superb! writing my friend.
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Thanks so much, Charlie! 🙂
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You welcome.
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Well done! As for your blog, I love your poetry pieces. I say, keep on doing what you’re doing. Keep being you 🙂 xo
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Thank you kindly 🙂
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Continue to share glimpses of how a neuro-atypical person experiences and interacts with the world populated by many neuro-typical people who have no inkling how to relate, let alone be supportive of people who are ‘different’.
I can relate to the free verse poetry form, partially due to living with a brain injury making me neuro-atypical, but others might learn more and hopefully develop greater empathy if you might try your hand at other types of writing. The power of the message shared through poetry is often lost when one tries to share a similar experience in an anecdotal format.
I have seen young people do an about face once they begin to have their social blinders removed and begin to put their energy into gaining a clearer understanding of people who are ‘different’.
Continue to share what you live.
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Thanks so much Jasper 🙂
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Excellent. I know the feeling you describe here.
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I bet you do…thanks Beth 🙂
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