Authentic

Apologetically authentic Or unashamedly genuine? I can’t find my glory Through fake faces and sentiment But I can’t stride through If always baring my soul The what ifs of favouritism Are hard to fathom Personally I see the favourites Find them bland Then look at my difficult self And don’t see the rewards either Imagine how happy I could be If I could be a collection of faces People want to see Greeted with open arms Invited I need to know the face currently over my shoulder Doesn’t grimace at my presence Any and all warm embraces Have to include heart and mind That’s why I’m difficult That and other reasons

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Sally Eslinger

Date: 2/7/2023 6:03:00 AM

OK, D.D. ( what do you like to be addressed as?) I a thrilled to have come upon your poetry, which is talented, accomplished. Have you been on PSoup long? You deserve more readers! Read others &=comment & the’ll be curious & read U. Obviously U love language. Great flow. May the Muse be with you! 8-)

Di11y Da11y
Date: 2/7/2023 6:21:00 AM

Thank you. 2 months. I like the contests as it forces me to write about something other than my own inner dialogue (though I twist the fate of many prompts to be about a tortured soul haha). I get plenty of NA's in the contests but have placed too. I'll have to see if I'm a one trick pony before I announce myself more widely :) I quite like DD :)