Notes About The Poem
10/7/2026 for What We Leave Behind Poetry Contest sponsored by Sotto Poet
Leaving My Identity Behind
Invisible, yet strong like iron bars,
the conceptions, which I regard as sure,
as if they were recorded in the stars,
are like a prison which I must endure.
My identity, blindly adopted,
as a life sentence passed down by a judge
leaves me without choices to be opted,
inside four walls where I can't even budge.
Yet, today, I announce my prison break,
as I leave my predefined self behind.
To new possibilities, I awake.
It's in this moment, I decide my mind.
I will choose what I’ll do and be today,
and what tomorrow brings, I cannot say.
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