Ailsa Wright Poet Free verse

Raw and Real

At first you're diagnosed
with a disorder, 

Then labelled with 
having a learning delay, 

But branded and accused
of being difficult, 

All because you're wired
a different way.

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Forever being told
that you're "too much",

Always the one 
to be at blame,

If only you could
realise the impact,

Of enduring the agonising 
weight of shame.

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I've swallowed too 
many years of judgment,

Yet I still battled
through the pain,

Spending all my days
masking my identity,

Wasn't just exhausting,
it drove me insane.

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Wasting time and effort
bending over backwards,

Desperately hoping
one day to fit in,

But in reality
I only made myself ill,

Finally I accepted
that I would never win.

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No longer overwhelmed
hiding behind a mask,

Becoming content,
I'm slowly starting to heal,

Compensating for needless
years of lost time,

As me, boldly unapologetic
raw and real.

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David Smith June 25, 2026 at 4:04 PM You are speaking on behalf of many and chipping away at system that still only sees black and white. Glad you still are making time to post on the soup. Don't give up and Romance is not dead as long as there are poets to write about it. And music and dance will never die. Celebrate all your success you have earned it not just for yourself but your boys as well. You were born to be a poet Regards always David Ailsa Wright July 23, 2026 at 5:21 PM David I sincerely can not thank you enough for all your support, encouragement and kind words and I'm am so incredibly grateful to have met not only such an amazing writer an amazing person too. Sending you best wishes from the land of tartan ????????????????????