I'M An Introvert

Don’t mistake my calm demeanor
As being aloof or superior
It is an aspect of my character.

My mind is moving at 10,000 RPMs

I hear what you say
   but I’m also 2,000 miles away
I can’t help but to remember 
   what didn’t happen yesterday
I love all the people around me…
   sometimes, can’t they just go away?

Juggling my thoughts as I walk away

“Get Up! Dance!” some insist
But this just gets me pissed
My silence is not fright
And I do not suffer from some blight
I am not depressed or mad
Stop asking if I’m sad!

Knowing who we are keeps us sane

Silence is ominous to the extrovert
They need a score to act their part
Their scene is action from the start

My scene (to them) is a mystery
Quiet shadows and light on the stage for me
My role to be, or not to be

I accept we are not the same

The clear winter dawn lights my path
Over plains, fields and ranges
It guides my heart to a place of peace
A journey that will never cease

Calm and still, easy and truthful, well and good

Copyright © | Year Posted 2016



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Date: 10/20/2016 1:54:00 PM
I really like this one! And what a great ending! I can identify with this poem completely.
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Al Kender
Date: 10/31/2016 9:56:00 AM
Thank you. It was inspired by an extrovert friend who though I was being selfish by not joining in an activity he thought was so much fun.
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