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There's no poetry in me I'm empty I'll make sweeping remarks Change my mind Keep it in Spit it out Sink and fly Gaze out in a daze Lost beneath eyelids Too heavy to rise Too watched to sleep it off by closing I wish to be enclosed in an embrace that takes away all my periphery vision To fall asleep safe and protected Gently woken from sleep with no disapproval I want to finally be home Belong somewhere ---- I'm writing poems intended to be read So they are ruined and tainted As I say things people want to hear Or that they don't I need to write into the void Unaware of the reader Unconcerned by misunderstanding Conscious only of the feeling that I need to release Today... what, why would I talk about today? Tied in knots in poetry and thought ---- I'd like to write about identity Rationalise something about my self I'm certainly focussed on the subject But I've got nonentity vibes As I fling myself centre stage on occasion I don't know that person Perhaps I disengage the hyper critical Or fully engage it - realise I'll be criticised regardless and tip into the zone But the rest of the time I'm thinking... ---- What if I've misunderstood my whole life Hyper aware of every expression Picking up on cues Hearing nothing said directly because I heard so much that should have been out of earshot I don't want to blame anyone else We're all damaged I just want to set it all aside I'm going to look for respite in the moments We all have moments of beauty and moments that count...
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