Tuesday, March 4, 2025

Poetry Prompt: Exposed

The self help books tell me to be gentle with myself.

But how could I when I’ve lost everyone around me?


The self help books tell me that when you settle into your strength,


people will leave.


Because you make them uncomfortable.


But…


The wounded part wonders if it’s true 

or false,


or a figment of the imagination.


Because how much self-help 


must one subject themselves to,


before you know the answer


to whether it is you,


or them?


Or is everyone misplaced


and dealing


with demons


much greater


than


mine?

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