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A Single Thread
I am begging you not to do it, foul stranger.
Don’t tug that loose string and forget the danger.
Don’t wrap it around your finger and twist,
Or you’ll watch as I unwind and cease to exist,
See me as I fade away as if I were just a dream,
Look as black begins to seep from every ripped seam.
You’re unraveling me, brutal stranger.
You are my deadly salvation and changer,
The depths of all I am are being released,
Not a soul would not think I was diseased,
But my reflection never looked more familiar at least.
Thank you for your help, mighty stranger.
My heart is now free and without anger,
I can now be seen without any dread.
My shell of falsity can finally be shed.
Good stranger, oh look how I shine!
But why do all others see me and shy away?
Am I not enough for anyone to wish to be mine?
Confusing stranger, please give me back my strings,
The world looks at me as if I am a bird without wings.
Oh stranger, reweave my mask for I am alone now without it.
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I am quite proud of this poem, because it flowed so naturally from my hand the first time I wrote it down. The verses and their layout each add depth to this work, and as you read it, the poem itself looks to be unravelling along with the person in the piece. I hope people will read this and understand how many young people today feel as though their true selves are not worth being shown to the world, and how this societal norm desperately needs to be changed.