WHY?

Just a short poem....

What am I doing here

making nothing of myself,

just to prove that I am solid,

made of stone?

 

Why can't I be human,

bleed red blood,

cry tears,

salty tasting,

water wasting,

 

why can't I be

love?

Reviews

[Yvonne Heidt]

Oh yes, you go "that place." I love the creativity of this.

[OrAnGe SmArTiEs]

Short but hits the point hard...
I like it, its full off so much emotion...
I like it!

[BrightEyes]

sometimes we can get so caught up in what we are not that we fail to see all the things we are. Feeling like we are standing still in a world that is moving forward without us. Such powerful emotion in this work; great job!

laura

[Carole]

It can be so hard to come out from under the mask of pretense and be "real." We make ourselves vulnerable when we do, but it is so freeing, and once a person begins to do it, you don't ever want to go back to that place of pretense. I realized one day that I was suppressing some emotion in a situation that was very painful. I realized all of a sudden and through a book how damaging suppressing our true emotions can be and how it effects our bodies, and so I began dealing with it--right away. Talk about an epiphany. I won't say it was easy, but I will say it has been incredibly "freeing." This is some good stuff right here. It is right on and so many people can relate, so I say--you GO. Keep writing.

[Closed profile]

This is honest and beautifully written

Short, yet powerful

The simplicity of it, makes it raw and real

I enjoyed reading this

[Sara Muschweck]

Great write, such raw emotion... you always have such eloquence.