This poem was originally written as a college spoken word poem for an art showcase night. Though it is not officially part of the In Isolation project, I did re-work this poem and get it back on to my laptop while in this quarantine, so I am publishing it here.
Wake up, breathe749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9FjzVwGb2L
These are the lessons life taught me.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVJMUbatisz
I am no one- or maybe everyone?749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBFmTacqUdH
Just dust blowing in the wind749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCYUMtvKtl4
Get up, brush off, make it home again749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAlgW5dTBnP
Wake up, breathe749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB02RKvmCvo
Hide. Don't show your face, your fears749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQdP1cD5i6W
They watch you like hawks, eyeing their prey749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLgfA1ZUomO
They don't want you near749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfNhIdyyuVD
Not enough room, you can't play749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaqhpnLnsqA
They see you fall, laugh behind your back749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVDz38cdYF8
They watch from afar749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkk2auAGMyZ
Putting on a mask749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkznJvAo2b7
Humor me; make me say the word "friends"749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡki8oE0H2UW
So let's play a game:749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ItjqkkEB2
One where I walk and fall, and stumble around749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsulk18LKtK
Due to legs not quite right.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8SQPFf68dZ
One where you say "oh, she's my friend!"749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt0NWBMFSvo
But wouldn't really care if I was dead.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2wwhIf3lmo
I'm just a person to be nice to,749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ60BgPd6dCm
Because somewhere in that unsaid rule book of society749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVBnqLAxhby
It says you need to be nice.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzEXesjwGQt
Wake up, breathe749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl3QgXyfUKo
Get a couple scars - move on.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF7DHXXlouj
Ride a horse, find that freedom you were yearning749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDQDoesvRa4
Fall in love, realize it was never really meant to be.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMx6mwFRrtg
Love is always more complicated than it seems.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡktJAGZqn36
Break up, break a heart, fall back in line.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4ArWPeQ5v9
Just another day in this life of rushing blood.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmCTOBbNn53
Wake up, breathe749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrClIdOPWUC
Go back, learn how it all ends749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡySw7gdE3YQ
With stabs in the back, rumors running flat, lies spun and undone749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUdMrHzHMcO
And there is me, numb;749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxQWK5DkDyP
Lost in a world that doesn't make any sense.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPg6rUe4fG8
Scared to open her heart for fear of falling apart.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgHYz7Tk1hX
For fear of being torn apart (again).749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlOD28AKuaV
Leave the familiar, move away749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmRCIKsBs1k
Gain some independence, what you've always wanted.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHzKbe0Ijeo
Wake up, breathe749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG0Vo6RqvIV
Know this is who you were meant to be.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRsONCTERna
Find a home in a God you were told about749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsW5df93yBq
But were losing faith in and weren't sure you believed749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeNNHiyyAjA
Learn interpretation is key, and love is all that matters.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhMO6dzApFu
Find a way back to the road you once walked on749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9WpXwQMirC
Make your own voice heard749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTfQnNQFPLT
These are lessons life taught me.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLaJ9iFgPuD
I'm still falling down, I'm still struggling749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmmYUZiz1In
Under the weight of loneliness749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsQksFLe3wy
And a multitude of illnesses749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb2HTnBPBYv
Disabilities, and inconveniences.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqiJvHHIwIX
But I woke up today, I breathed.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfSbdRrh9Hr
I'm alive today.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGzI8VfT5dx
These are the lessons life taught me.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsOwdby9Pr0
Not everyday is easy, but it's worth trying.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMO5SSkugEC
Because now I know someday it gets better749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9evnYlGlYj
I haven't found love749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8KuLZfbupq
Or even that one special friend.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfm7pQ3w07A
But someday I will.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi8ikWOSSqd
These are the lessons life taught me749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtBYg7gbIyC
And this is a poem for those like me who lost their way.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcKue5mRA9p
With a battle leading with retreat;749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHsujD22kZP
Those with their autoimmune diseases749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXAE6ZdcMuH
Or cerebral palsy749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ78MAleVVq
Or anything else749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsH4ysJHo46
That made it so life taught them a thing or two.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ3fxBV17aq
Wake up, breathe749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAste1E2VCW
For release isn't an option.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCiqzBDplmI
When down the road, there will be so much to live for.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuU9qG39pUK
So much to be here for, so many more life lessons to learn749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbKkBCa41kV
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