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    Insidious

    I'm willing to sacrifice myself to prove the truth of my words of me   are you willing to do the same?   lies... in time... will be uncovered and everyone will see   the scuttling ear to ear insidiously whispering it will be seen   I have never changed   eventually they'll know and perhaps remember but it will...

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    • Willow I was a target of gossip. A lie was told and the person who started it turn beet red when I confronted her with the person who she accused me of talking about. This poem is a slammer.

      • I try my best to not engage in that sort of interactions. If someone says something negative about someone else, I immediately wonder what they’re saying about me when I’m not there. I don’t know what they gain by it. Once the truth comes out, they look even worse. But they never seem to figure that out until it’s too late. Thank you, Fia

    • The person who whispered lies about me was a bully. Thought they’d always get their way because the mask they wore for everyone else was so attractive. That’s pretty much what I see when I look at the current completely corrupt regime. You know they’re lying because their lips are moving. But the fanatics still follow their premier bully like the blind sycophants they are. When the blinders fall, it’s gonna get ugly. We might just need a bigger bonfire, my friend

    • It’s how you sort the real from the face front friends, unfortunately. I lost a lot of people I thought knew me for me because they listened to lies. In the end, I didn’t need that kind of support. It wasn’t real. I learned a lot from the experience though. Thank you, Elke

    • Retrospect-ivision is the perfect view. Seems like there’s always going to be somebody who has to test the boundaries and write a new reality, one that favors them. That’s our world these days.

  • Hello Me
    It has been a while
    You reached a plateau
    traveling many miles

    What you failed to do
    Is see what is occurring around you

    Or you’re choosing not
    Not to see
    Not to hear
    Not to “oh my” share??

    Me this can not be
    Your voice and thoughts need..need..

    To be set free
    Free from the confines
    Of societies vines…Read More

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    Hello Me

    Hello Me, It has been awhile You reached a plateau  traveling many miles   What you failed to do Is see what is occurring around you   Or you’re choosing not Not to see Not to hear Not to “oh my” share??   Me this can not be Your voice and thoughts need..need..   To...

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    F*ck the Game

    anyone could tell you
    I was never a raving beauty
    even my family would agree

    too many freckles
    not enough oomph
    that indefinable thing
    (whatever it was)
    that made other girls stunning

    think of them as Barbies
    and me…a paper doll
    not much without all the added extras
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    F*ck the Game

    anyone could tell you I was never a raving beauty even my family would agree   too many freckles not enough oomph that indefinable thing (whatever it was) that made other girls stunning   think of them as Barbies and me...a paper doll not much without all the added extras and even...

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    • Willow, you are stating facts. There is no winning “if she is supposed to be better than me” F*em

      • I look back at old photos now and think wtf? I don’t think they can win if we don’t play the game. So I bowed out in favor of just being me. Thank you, Fia

    • Great poem with an honest message. Fuck them all! Bravo!

    • Comparison is the thief of joy.
      Let those that judge lose their joy and you dear Willow keep yours.
      Great write.
      🙏
      P.S. If that avatar is a picture of you, you look more than fine to me.

      • I think if it hadn’t been those closest to me (my cousin not included) doing the comparing and always pointing out my failings, it wouldn’t have been so easy to believe the bullshit. And yes, the avatar is me. Hair colour subject to change without notice, but it always returns to its natural white. Thank you, Peter

    • Powerfully penned, Willow. Excellent write with layers and layers of depth and honesty my friend. To be honest I was oblivious to flirting or signs of interest from women. My friends would tell me after the fact that so and so was all into me, I laugh about it now, but I just didn’t think women thought of me that way. lol. I didn’t think highly of myself and when subscribing to that way of thought, it left to me blind to possibilities I guess. That was deep. lol. Sorry about the flashback. You’re a beautiful woman and a kindred spirit my friend. Appreciate you.

      Damian

      • I lived with my cousin and her family for a year in 8th grade and I remember coming around the corner to her room and hearing her tell her best friend she was afraid her boyfriend would like me better because I was prettier than her. I froze in my tracks in shock. The way society (and family) feeds us such bullshit to tear us down is mind blowing. It wasn’t long after that incident that she told me how she has to play the game. She chose to continue to play the game…on her terms though. I said fuck that and stopped trying. Amazing what we see when we look back through the mirror of time, isn’t it? Thank you, my friend

    • She is a lovely person and she never engaged in the comparison game. She gave me my first ounce of self-affirmation and I’ll be forever grateful to her for seeing what nobody else did. Thank you, Brenda 🧡

    • It took me a lot of years to come into my, as it were. Did modeling in my youth and still didn’t believe in me. Thank you, Gus

    • Hah! I love that version of the chant! I think I’ll keep that one in mind. Thank you, M.E

    • My daughter was enjoying this until she reached the section on my cousin’s reality, then she started crying. Reality hit her. There is no way to win, so let’s not play. Thank you, Honoria

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