Poems from 2019: ‘Individuality’

They cover me up in a false appearance.

They support me with an unbalanced coherence.

I look in the mirror and see their typicality.

They watch me struggle through prescribed change.

They bottle up my heart and make me feel strange.

I know they just want me to match their normality.

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They smile and peacefully welcome me in.

They tell me that I will burn for my sin.

I wonder if they even understand “hospitality”.

They have faces and stories more twisted than mine.

They disguise them with masks which are delicate and fine.

I see past and straight through to their grim actuality.

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I escape from my bonds, heart leading the way.

I leave without thought and with no more to say.

They seem to now glimpse my unique whimsicality.

I don’t want or need to fit in their mould.

I feel my heart swell as it turns to gold.

They still don’t understand their effect on marginality.

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I now stand with others in proud solidarity.

We always express our unconditionality.