Too much black
Too much colour;
Fashion out of sync
Too many calories
Extra weight a turnoff
Comparisons cut deep
Stay close;
Stop being anti-social;
Friendliness invites abuse
Children need their mother
How do you plan to pay?
Better find a job.
Never enough
Beaten by criticism
A lonely marriage
Control suffocates
Narcissism cares not
Road is dead-end
Break free
Take the leap
True love begins with self.
(Image my own)
Great punchy sentences, love this. “Friendliness invites abuse.” Gosh, I really felt that.
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Thanks Sunra. I’ve been told that so many times…by men.
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That’s interesting! I’ve experienced it too, though. Some people see friendliness as weakness for some reason, or just distrust friendliness, don’t they? In my experience. But you can only be yourself.
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This post is a reflection of what millions across the world feel and go through each day. Powerful !
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Thank you.
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Thanks for sharing this.
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π
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This is so relatable! Wow!
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Thanks π
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Taking the leap – has been my motto throughout life. I call it jumping off the cliff – not knowing what’s at the bottom or indeed if there is a bottom. Anything I better than being stuck in the pain.
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Amen.
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Wow
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Thanks π
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The last stanza really packs a punch.
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Thanks Hammad
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Thank you for the poem VJ. The magic of poetry … few words, great depth.
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Thanks π
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You’re welcome, VJ.
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Your poem so clearly conveys that sense of the walls closing in, when you simply have to break free or suffocate.
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Exactly, Liz. Thanks.
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You’re welcome, VJ.
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This speaks to me.
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Oh, Sadje. For so many of us who strive to be what we are not, ignoring what we are.
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Absolutely right VJ.
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Beautifully written π€
And deeply relatable
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Thanks π
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