Let Me, Be Me

A being, whole and complete.

Not on this earth to be your treat.

Not for one second, to fulfill. your
perfect expectations.

Never browbeaten to meet societal
recriminations.

These clouds, ominous and forever
flying!

Blustery winds, without kindness.

A hurricane demanding that you be other
than you.

Until the very second of your dying!


                   1/10/2022

Copyright © | Year Posted 2022



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Date: 1/19/2022 11:00:00 AM
WOW!!! What a write. Life and people can be very hard and hurtful. Hope you are all better now. Have a blessed day.....................
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Date: 1/19/2022 2:03:00 PM
People are not all nice, Paula! Just question why they cannot make a nice comment and let it go. They want you to compliment them too much. I call them Gold Diggers. It’s sickening to watch poor poets go on and on in a comment. They have no humility. Just selfish. Pangie
Date: 1/13/2022 7:22:00 PM
Always be you, to yourself be true Pangie, guard your heart from ridicule of fools… Belle
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Date: 1/14/2022 8:19:00 AM
Dear Belle Plenty of great folks but many “donkeys” too. The know it all’s, drive be bats! They know everything about everything Just ask them. No fun to be with. Dull. Mr, Know It All’s. Pangie
Date: 1/12/2022 9:23:00 AM
Staying true to ourselves is the recognition of our creators intentions that we honor for life. A beautiful write! :)Paulette
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Date: 1/12/2022 9:41:00 AM
Paulette.... We must have integrity! Being genuine is all we have! Being a clown is the worst! Selling out, being cheap? Very sad. Pangie
Date: 1/12/2022 12:50:00 AM
Wonderful writing. God bless you always, love, Gina
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Date: 1/12/2022 9:33:00 AM
So glad you liked This. Paagiota
Date: 1/11/2022 7:26:00 AM
Great work. In fact, I was trying to send my positive comments on your beautiful poem which has won the Poetry Of The Day. I had written the following: Humor, indeed! You do not want absolution? Ha... Ha...! A realistic, rational and thought-provoking reflection also, I think, on the present meaning-lost sacrament of confession. Congratulations!
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Date: 1/12/2022 9:30:00 AM
I did not say I want no absolution.)) It was humor. Never dreamt this would be a POTD. But am glad for your intelligent commen Panagiota
Date: 1/10/2022 10:38:00 PM
Control and power from the beginning of time. Good poem.
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Date: 1/11/2022 8:20:00 AM
Right on the money, Harry!! Pangie
Date: 1/10/2022 7:48:00 PM
very well expressed! Everyone was created unique. Be yourself. That last line puts the exclamation point on your declaration. :)
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Date: 1/11/2022 8:25:00 AM
PS...yes the lastl line puts the mail in the coffin. Who else is there to be? If not you ... Pangie
Date: 1/10/2022 7:03:00 PM
How boring if everyone were the same...I agree. And, not to forget, that thing about throwing stones when living in glass houses -- geez! When will we learn? Hope you are feeling better today, Pangie. Blessings. Joe.
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Date: 1/11/2022 8:18:00 AM
Joe, seems to be the story of mankind? Push,bully, etc. we never will learn. EE Cummings had it right... TO BE YOU AND NOBODY BUT YOU, IS THE BIDDEST STRUGGLE OF A LIFETIME GROUPS FOREVER DEMAND, WE BELIKE THEM or even here!ELSE? Feeling yucky today. Hope you are well. Pangie
Date: 1/10/2022 5:25:00 PM
Sad but true. Too many people want to control others. Let us be who we are! Good poem, Pangie. Hugs, Bill
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Date: 1/10/2022 6:12:00 PM
Honestly...I am not six years old! People are so dense to control adults. Even expressing strong opinions here..is taboo. What? I learned from the bullies here. They will not read you EVER if you don’t think as they do. And, they humiliate you in public Like high school kids who don’t get their own way. It is shameful. Such silliness...Pangie
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