stripped

& striped ;)
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if i show you my not so pretty side...
my barren fields of dreams
screams trapped inside my throat
unwise patterns. stumble. fall. repeat
swollen eye tears. fears spinning gears
this aging human body. not always strong
me. needy. stubborn. not always here…
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if i do not write another word
no child. no art
no money or shiny career
no desirable limbs. no pretty face
if i cannot say what i mean…
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if i am not what i seem
if i am not what you dream…
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if i am just this,
the story of my life,
achingly boring & human…
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would you still smile & say
it’s okay
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why am i so scared of not being enough for the world?
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(C) Art, Photo Art& Poetry, MJ Calitz, 2010