Sometimes
I can't help
But wonder
Why
People react the way
They do
And what does it mean?
I don't show off
I don't brag
I'm down to earth
Yet the reactions
Bother me
I'm not perfect
I'd like to think
I'm talented
Gifted
Have experience
I'm a photographer
Scuba diver
Poet
World traveler
Enigma
Singer
I am a singer
Not Madonna
Or Christina
Whitney
Or Barbara
But I am good
I get support right?
Then why is it
That when I mention
Radio City
I get a cold
Standoff-ish reaction?
Is it jealousy?
Disbelief
Not caring
I don't get it
What is so bad about
My huge accomplishment?
Aloofness I receive
From friends and strangers alike
Makes me feel
Extremely uncomfortable
Wanting to hide
Not speak of the matter
Ever again
I ask you
Why?
Why should I feel
Ashamed of
Something I'm proud of?
Why
Should I feel sad
When the reaction is
"oh ok......cool"?
Makes me want to scream
Listen damn you!
Stop being unfair!
Can't you be happy?
Can't you be proud?
Can't you show it?!
For a while I wondered
If there was something
Wrong with me
Sharing this information
Like it should be covered up
From view
A scarlet letter
Of modern times
But no
There is nothing wrong
With me
It's them, they, these people
So you know what?
Though I don't get it
Maybe someone
Will explain it to me someday
However, in the meantime
Hear me now!!!
My biggest accomplishment
In the singing biz
I trumped 10 other people
To get it!
May 25, 2005
Pace University
College commencement
Radio City Music Hall
6,000+ people
I, Olga Pinsky, sang alone
The Star Spangled Banner
And college Alma Mater
I'm damn fucking proud
And no one can ever take
That away from me
EVER!!!!
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PoetryThis is my second poetry book. Book 1 is published on Amazon.com and is called "Out of the Abyss". This collection of poems shows my life at a time when everything was going well and then it wasn't. A lot happened between 2009 and 2012. Every book...
