Outside

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Dear outside world,

What keeps us apart?

A valley of doubts, an abyss of "why"s.

A sea of denial, a sky of sighs.


Here I cower, 

In my enclosed glass tower.

Silent,

Hushed by your undermining eyes.

Silent,

Shushed by your judging voice.

You are visible, audible, only a glass away.

Yet so intangible,

For you are worlds away.


Whenever I speak up, whenever I beg to be heard,

I tumble into the valley of doubts,

I stumble into the abyss of "why"s.

Tides of denial devour me,

As clouds of sighs rain down on me.


Can I ever swim through the denial,

Soar through the sighs?

Can I ever get there to you,

The remote outside?


A/N: Here's a poem from a school assignment on marginalization ;)

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⏰ Last updated: Mar 16, 2021 ⏰

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