Al Kender Poet Free verse

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

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Heidi Sands October 20, 2016 at 1:54 PM I really like this one! And what a great ending! I can identify with this poem completely. Al Kender October 31, 2016 at 9:56 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.