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, breathe724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMf0srBOHFp
These are the lessons life taught me.724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtak6Nw48WR
I am no one- or maybe everyone?724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkoTQ8StaG5
Just dust blowing in the wind724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOnWfu4wCFt
Get up, brush off, make it home again724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8gbpfUtkku
Wake up, breathe724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs8a8bPLk15
Hide. Don't show your face, your fears724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQaVAI5cwPU
They watch you like hawks, eyeing their prey724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuUjtJwuXRK
They don't want you near724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEOyRHwEEh2
Not enough room, you can't play724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjXpw0FfBil
They see you fall, laugh behind your back724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNaZb0W3WCA
They watch from afar724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcLE37cxT1j
Putting on a mask724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuubrJmsTr1
Humor me; make me say the word "friends"724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9G7V7yMZtK
So let's play a game:724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe84GoNeg5r
One where I walk and fall, and stumble around724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9EX7JCVUYJ
Due to legs not quite right.724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4UY8svwKKl
One where you say "oh, she's my friend!"724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNAxpN2vQCk
But wouldn't really care if I was dead.724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF8jsDVET89
I'm just a person to be nice to,724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQVSotjdx41
Because somewhere in that unsaid rule book of society724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡspY7wn8l2a
It says you need to be nice.724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf4phpSuP5X
Wake up, breathe724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRUEInTlGg9
Get a couple scars - move on.724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyFWtTgmsoU
Ride a horse, find that freedom you were yearning724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCk2ZYqE5TX
Fall in love, realize it was never really meant to be.724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrhpl9x4l2o
Love is always more complicated than it seems.724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsOYEP1yVau
Break up, break a heart, fall back in line.724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcPDVY2HcT1
Just another day in this life of rushing blood.724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwVPTFZ3AlM
Wake up, breathe724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw2IYN1nGvP
Go back, learn how it all ends724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ435zZlSlX7
With stabs in the back, rumors running flat, lies spun and undone724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEgMTsPEeqy
And there is me, numb;724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy6ndsjW9gF
Lost in a world that doesn't make any sense.724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLfW3b8UjBY
Scared to open her heart for fear of falling apart.724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPJ9qa8fTeY
For fear of being torn apart (again).724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhDDPv35R0Y
Leave the familiar, move away724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ09orUOK9Gk
Gain some independence, what you've always wanted.724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyDZwAOhvu8
Wake up, breathe724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp1fBMgCKTN
Know this is who you were meant to be.724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUvMhkBhRsE
Find a home in a God you were told about724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9mwMtDn5P7
But were losing faith in and weren't sure you believed724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZVsWHjeW3t
Learn interpretation is key, and love is all that matters.724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB5RgfgCvFL
Find a way back to the road you once walked on724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUsRm79QuXr
Make your own voice heard724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQVrdcQdoBJ
These are lessons life taught me.724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv0Osj4DN3y
I'm still falling down, I'm still struggling724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkGrEcKr8Rq
Under the weight of loneliness724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIegobevW9L
And a multitude of illnesses724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA9XhokZPPM
Disabilities, and inconveniences.724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6eIgQAwQn3
But I woke up today, I breathed.724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs7gAbA0cjM
I'm alive today.724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfdCsVOkioc
These are the lessons life taught me.724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuq7kYYiqEi
Not everyday is easy, but it's worth trying.724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4NLZhu1QwK
Because now I know someday it gets better724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU2OUM9WHAV
I haven't found love724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbCfMyWIje9
Or even that one special friend.724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDSz8bz1UjC
But someday I will.724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIAHERQvSKF
These are the lessons life taught me724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgRASdtfKkp
And this is a poem for those like me who lost their way.724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWeC6MQUJl2
With a battle leading with retreat;724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvhnV24haQT
Those with their autoimmune diseases724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEQj1Vq7WCC
Or cerebral palsy724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMPkKl3eQAs
Or anything else724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpApN21E8YN
That made it so life taught them a thing or two.724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo4lM3RqP0c
Wake up, breathe724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDbn1igA2AD
For release isn't an option.724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ29BAFPCAH3
When down the road, there will be so much to live for.724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIcQmqrLD9H
So much to be here for, so many more life lessons to learn724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgGJh6CPj1C
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