This is a response to a post by Mubashshira. The image is their work.
https://musingsbymubashshira.com/2021/04/01/saving-myself-poem/
My usual spring depression was mercifully brief this year, but I'm having really messed-up dreams.
The doodle is a real work of art. My doodles look like a pre-schooler stuck a crayon between the toes of their non-dominant foot.
I appreciate it when people tell their truth. I think it's wretched the way society shames people for being honest like we're always supposed to be giddy with glee and the sky is filled with unicorns farting rainbows and pooping ice cream cones.
A lot of my poetry tends to be pretty dark. Hence, I don't have much of an audience. I've tried to give the people what they want, but that always ends up feeling like a lie. So I always end up going back to being my old salty, snarky, and melancholic self.
Keep on being yourself. Please.
ReplyDeleteSadly for the world, it doesn't have a choice. I've never been a good enough actress to pull off being anything else.
DeleteFrom my perspective that is an excellent thing.
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