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Unshakable

Unshakable shame
Quite strange to explain
 I lather and rinse
It circles the drain
It goes where I go
We’re one in the same
I’m eager to lead
But it holds the reigns 
It grants me no gain
It will not be tamed
 A life spent in fear
Only I am to blame

Copyright © Anna Hopper | Year Posted 2019

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Richard Lamoureux Date: 9/25/2019 9:22:00 AM Shame has been with us for a long time. Adam and Eve hid themselves from God when they realized they were naked. Most of us are acquainted with our emotional nakedness. We as poets are more apt to expose ours. Through the showing of our nakedness we achieve a freedom of sorts. Login to Reply

Gershon Wolf Date: 8/28/2019 5:15:00 PM Don't know how autobiographical this is, but it certainly resonates with me... What is most alarming is that I have passed on my shame and my fears, which so limited me in life, to one of my four children. My heart sinks as I watch him struggle. Provocatively penned, gw Login to Reply

Chris Green Date: 8/28/2019 11:34:00 AM Kind of sad in a way. Fear and worry have a way of taking us down. This was deep and lonely feeling but very nicely written and expressed. Login to Reply