How Are You Really

A new campaign for mental health
Is aimed to be reveally.
This New York website asks the question – 
So, “How are you really?”

For everyone is not okay
Though some pretend they’re steely.
To get more folks to open up,
There’s now “How are you really?”

By phone or twitter one can join
Since each of us, ideally,
Has lots to say about our lives
When asked, “How are you really?”

Unburdening the truth inside,
Once viewed as “touchy feely,”
May help us thus connect and cope
For none feel normal – really!

Copyright © | Year Posted 2020



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Date: 5/21/2020 5:50:00 AM
Your clever overuse of "really" reminds me of Billy Collins' poem on the overuse of "suddenly" which many critics disparage. Hope you're really in good health, Ilene. / M
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Date: 5/19/2020 9:37:00 PM
I am smiling because I can see where some people might hold you hostage for days just because you added “really”. Chuckle. Chuckle.
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Date: 5/19/2020 8:30:00 AM
True, yet what choice do we have really? I hope you are doing the best you can under the circumstances. Hugs Rick.
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Date: 5/18/2020 1:52:00 PM
Clever girl! It is difficult to stay in touch with social distancing! Aloha! Rico
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Date: 5/17/2020 9:57:00 PM
So good. !!! xomo <3
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Date: 5/17/2020 6:58:00 PM
Only now, when people have too much time on their hands, would anyone REALLY want to hear 'how someone really is!!' --- most of which is probably just an endless k'vetch. Phooey! Here's to focusing outside of whatever internal neuroses we may have. :) gw
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Date: 5/17/2020 4:18:00 PM
Well said Ilene, so many are going through such difficult times and bottling in their emotions to such detriment of their health, some with tragic consequences - we have to talk!. a powerfully penned piece my friend:-) hugs Jan xx
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