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Wispy Introductions of a Confused Child
February 26, 2017
“Please introduce yourself”
Myself.
What?
Who am I?
I am as undefinable
As wisps of smoke
Dancing out of a child’s grasp
I am the confused frown
Written upon their face as they
Try to comprehend.
Please
Try to comprehend
that
I’m not well.
Strangled screams from my past
Crawl up my throat
As I think of all the things I could say.
I am
A confused child
A frown
Lost wisps of smoke
Not well
Not myself
“Hello, my name is…”
© Ashley W., Port Charlotte, FL
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This article has 2 comments.
MagdaEmilia GOLD said...
on Mar. 14 2017 at 11:59 pm
thank you. :3
hwoodruff98 said...
on Mar. 14 2017 at 1:32 pm
This was a nice poem. I liked the disjointedness of the last stanza, which reflects anxiety well. I also liked how you incorporated the dialogue at the beginning and end of the poem; it ties it together nicely.
This poem is a description is what it feels like for me, someone with anxiety disorders, to try and introduce myself to new people. It can be really difficult to socialize sometimes, and I wrote this while trying to write a personal narrative that would be reviewed by a board of people I'm not familiar with.