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What is Normal

Insanity Gets A Bad Rap

By Kelli Sheckler-AmsdenPublished 3 years ago Updated 3 years ago 1 min read
What is Normal
Photo by Samuel Regan-Asante on Unsplash

It’s the sanity that gets you

angels, ordinary - all around

Do whatever, just to get through

fall to pieces on the ground

~

Take a breath and catch your footing

play pretend, say pretty please

Caviar and chocolate pudding

collect a blessing whenever you sneeze

~

To the edge of your existence

as you laugh, you roll your eyes

Staying alive takes real persistence

it’s so much easier, to die

~

Insanity is an illusion

insomnia - reveals the truth

Cuts through the make believed confusion

no recognition of the proof

~

Normal lends to speculation

normal, a phrase loosely defined

Expanding on truth's illumination

living in means that life assigned

surreal poetry

About the Creator

Kelli Sheckler-Amsden

Telling stories my heart needs to tell <3 life is a journey, not a competition

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Nice work

Very well written. Keep up the good work!

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  • Aphotic3 years ago

    Sanity stops where being human begins. We all go a little mad sometimes😉

  • I used to love to tell people that the definition of insanity is to act or be outside of the norm. But since the norm today is to be different, if you're insane you're normal, & if you're normal you're insane. Your way of putting it is much more eloquent.

  • Bren3 years ago

    https://youtu.be/kybkiiAKMOY

  • Babs Iverson3 years ago

    We all feel like this!!! Superbly written!!!💖💖💕

  • Cathy holmes3 years ago

    This is so true. Really well done, my friend.

  • Dana Crandell3 years ago

    You're on fire today!

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