I Show Who I Am

My back is seen running away from the naysayers.
I doubt they have ever seen my front, not that I care.
Family whiners get to see me from the back also.
I might be running even faster from them.

My encouraging face is reserved for the upbeats.
The positives.
The possibility thinkers.
I reserve smiles for them also. Big ones.

I am invisible to those I do not admire.
Getting farther and farther away, 
even when we are in the same proximity.
I pull myself out and slither into a quiet small space.

With my friends, whom I trust, and there are only seven.
I am outrageous, loud, wildly me.
But if they violate that trust, then there will be only six.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2022

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Baker Avatar
May 4, 2022 at 11:45 PM
The darin Caren. Tell it like it is. I like it.
Krutsinger Avatar
May 5, 2022 at 1:25 AM
Thank you Bill!
Bauer Avatar
May 4, 2022 at 10:52 AM
ha! wonderfully said, caren, with a perfect ending! still grinning...
Krutsinger Avatar
May 4, 2022 at 10:57 AM
Thank you Ilene. It is truly how I feel
Hankins Avatar
May 4, 2022 at 10:22 AM
Amen! Sounds like somebody I know named Hank! I try to avoid disagreeable people like the plague. I do not need negativity in my life.
Krutsinger Avatar
May 4, 2022 at 10:57 AM
I run from them, I mean FLEE.
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