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, breathe746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9EG3HdzToW
These are the lessons life taught me.746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOrxnNaa8vF
I am no one- or maybe everyone?746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡREOFbGspcd
Just dust blowing in the wind746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNTjOIJ46o3
Get up, brush off, make it home again746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqgSuRdMWvm
Wake up, breathe746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYIOCoG0Sia
Hide. Don't show your face, your fears746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuA6vYtwUFg
They watch you like hawks, eyeing their prey746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2SMdyUqwEb
They don't want you near746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiryS8zp2YG
Not enough room, you can't play746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe4ABLTRs95
They see you fall, laugh behind your back746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfAVJtrNQxN
They watch from afar746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmyTCazx6Vr
Putting on a mask746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU57qGxxgYo
Humor me; make me say the word "friends"746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC47W4BibLU
So let's play a game:746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRh68a0VnGo
One where I walk and fall, and stumble around746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ13vjc3SwwO
Due to legs not quite right.746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT6rpSJI5MK
One where you say "oh, she's my friend!"746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwbBaxZW7Dz
But wouldn't really care if I was dead.746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpOHA7vvr4i
I'm just a person to be nice to,746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ4LF7oT4d8
Because somewhere in that unsaid rule book of society746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡizzbnDBIta
It says you need to be nice.746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVzSZBDmpT0
Wake up, breathe746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvIcOw7uaqZ
Get a couple scars - move on.746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKcAskjRcyw
Ride a horse, find that freedom you were yearning746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKqPzncdPn1
Fall in love, realize it was never really meant to be.746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEmN87VFJTx
Love is always more complicated than it seems.746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNI5l1TGQy0
Break up, break a heart, fall back in line.746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcBFP80KiVy
Just another day in this life of rushing blood.746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFLCoHCJb9p
Wake up, breathe746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNciq8xWGL8
Go back, learn how it all ends746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH3PSIRgsy8
With stabs in the back, rumors running flat, lies spun and undone746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ0nvWnbqnB
And there is me, numb;746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD2uJeIFIuR
Lost in a world that doesn't make any sense.746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXxc1kXicZN
Scared to open her heart for fear of falling apart.746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEenvSc8eiD
For fear of being torn apart (again).746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ19eQArWqtC
Leave the familiar, move away746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyyonLUftko
Gain some independence, what you've always wanted.746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEhXIjrMLrb
Wake up, breathe746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMBjUGqORLg
Know this is who you were meant to be.746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKQJi39Ph1T
Find a home in a God you were told about746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpewm7OTzCU
But were losing faith in and weren't sure you believed746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3lpLreK6zi
Learn interpretation is key, and love is all that matters.746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnsx1sja49i
Find a way back to the road you once walked on746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEpSEOmjQaB
Make your own voice heard746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR9BOBKSkKx
These are lessons life taught me.746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgoiVOLli4p
I'm still falling down, I'm still struggling746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡykvQmsW2cW
Under the weight of loneliness746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP7yOkoH4Ux
And a multitude of illnesses746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa6X80zIu2s
Disabilities, and inconveniences.746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxgdkVp7DEN
But I woke up today, I breathed.746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSerPCoxkOi
I'm alive today.746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmSD2s9rbvH
These are the lessons life taught me.746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHRYGkJCGmx
Not everyday is easy, but it's worth trying.746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡARhahFKDMn
Because now I know someday it gets better746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQA8desEGK2
I haven't found love746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzrncTTJfnv
Or even that one special friend.746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFOAgVDGNJk
But someday I will.746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv1BzhQcc49
These are the lessons life taught me746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXc7kRoR1pn
And this is a poem for those like me who lost their way.746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5QULLbsKmB
With a battle leading with retreat;746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ12Xsoy7ts4
Those with their autoimmune diseases746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxrn3ZijLul
Or cerebral palsy746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbkSiTuRvEY
Or anything else746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ15F0DBDvON
That made it so life taught them a thing or two.746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwJoBSwchAd
Wake up, breathe746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPHL6oyatxi
For release isn't an option.746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk3Otx9la10
When down the road, there will be so much to live for.746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3rJoRuWiwk
So much to be here for, so many more life lessons to learn746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkHzSNCBI3E
And so much more to see.
and then Add to home screen.