'borrowed Jar'
She walked around thinking
all she would ever be was someone's yesterday
She couldn't understand why that wasn't enough
So she walked around thinking she was too much
In stead of good enough
She tried to dim her light
She tried to tone down on her personality
Only to end up in a dark space
Wondering where her life was heading
She didn't get it; that all her smiles
Were bottled up in someone else's jar
Until one day; the dark space became so tight
She couldn't pretend to be happy anymore
She needed to get her happiness back
It was not meant to be kept in a jar
She had to free herself from
Her prison of thoughts
She needed to get out
She ultimately put herself in that space
And only she could shake that feelings off
On that day she took back her life
When she finally smiled it was from her heart
@203008012017
Copyright © Wilma Neels | Year Posted 2017
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