Population of Self-Esteem

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    Population of Self-Esteem

    Watching, as the dreadful time goes by of a life I seem to abhor.
    The annoying sounds of anxious remarks fill my mind with pity,
    and I stare into his galaxy eyes, wondering if He is like THEM.
    Blueprints of past mistakes are clearly drawn on his face, and I
    turn around to seek for another who is lightly stained with innocence...
    They're all the same.

    I speak to him, but pretty soon my words twist into a curse,
    and I yearn to torment him, laughing in bitterness at the contrast
    between what I seem and what I am.
    The others manifest their reluctance by expressing their odd grimaces
    and thicker smiles, while HE betrays me - joining the population of
    self-esteem, thinking and believing THEY are the only ones
    worthy of a decent name.

    My gentle disposition feats my soul with psychoactive compounds
    of ridicule. I try to control the output of their diseased minds
    but it seems impossible as my own mutinous character dissolves
    with theirs and is lost in a puddle of hypocrisy.

    I struggle for self control and scamper off with a strange contagious
    fear as I fling myself into the arms of the outcasts
    whose guilty silence invite me in.
    At last I am worthy as well.
    The echoes of my sorrow fade into the night and I dream only
    of acceptance that will help me pass by the next day without
    twenty four hours of indifference and the clock ticking in my face.

    The thought of ignorance washes off my face and I am finally
    ready to face the ones I stand apart from.
    A feeling of betrayal seems to hold me back while my conscience melts inside. Realizing I had never wanted to be part of them,
    I turn around and continue my crooked journey
    into the outlines of a dream.

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    Serrato commented on Population of Self-Esteem

    03-25-2009

    I wonder if their public title of "self-esteem" is read the same way from the inside. I wonder if it reads something more along the lines of "personality brokers through means of hidden inadequacies".

    WordSlinger commented on Population of Self-Esteem

    03-23-2009

    My Fav line is My gentle disposition feats my soul with psychoactive compounds of ridicule

    LiberatedEagle commented on Population of Self-Esteem

    02-23-2009

    Wow! Relate is not the word. You are me and I am you. Just beautiful.

    The true philosopher and the true poet are one, and a beauty, which is truth, and a truth, which is beauty, is the aim of both.

    Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet (1803-1882)

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