Dickinson

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United States

This does not make any sense

I am not a poet

How did I get here

I don't know the first thing about writing

I hear what others say, and I want to respond

I see how others act, and I want to respond

to agree, to disagree

but its okay if they dont hear me

I write for myself. By myself.

Sometimes I dont want anyone to see

All I want to do is reaffirm my beliefs.

Gather my thoughts. Collect my feelings.

Understand myself better.

So that when they do hear me

I'll say the right things

I'll say what I really mean.

But ,

If someone were to walk in right now

and ask me what I was doing

I would pretend to be doing something else other than writing poetry,

because I don't know the first thing about writing.

And I would be fine.

Emily Dickinson did not right for anyone.

not for her family,

her peers,

the public,

She wrote for herself. And that's how you know her written words were genuine.

That's how I want to be.

It's okay if I am not a poet,

as long as I am Genuine.

 

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