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Tag: self

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Self Pity

Posted on April 27, 2023April 27, 2023 by Erin B.
To be so wrapped up
in self,
is dangerous: self pity
and sense of woe
betray you.

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Posted in Poems on Anger, Poems on Heartbreak, Poems on SadnessTagged betray, dangerous, self, sense, woe, wrapped

Nothing At All

Posted on December 7, 2022December 7, 2022 by Erin B.
I am so entirely
wrapped up in self,
I think I feel
nothing at all.

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Posted in Poems on Anger, Poems on Heartbreak, Poems on SadnessTagged all, entirely, feel, nothing, self, think, wrapped

Picture Of Calm

Posted on August 25, 2022August 25, 2022 by Erin B.
I am the picture of calm.
My new self.
A new life.

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Posted in Chasing the Light, Poems on Happiness, Poems on LifeTagged calm, life, new, picture, self

Real Self

Posted on June 1, 2022August 2, 2022 by Erin B.
Our real self
is shut away beneath
false and petty language.

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Posted in Poems on Life, Poems on SadnessTagged beneath, false, language, petty, real, self, shut

Wistful Feeling

Posted on May 10, 2021August 2, 2022 by Erin B.
A despondent blue period rose
in my deep self,
with hours squandered, but alas,
today, for some reason
a wistful feeling
stopped me in the uncomfortable.

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Posted in Poems on Happiness, Poems on Sadness, Poems on TimeTagged blue, feeling, hours, self, uncomfortable, wistful

Backbone

Posted on July 19, 2020August 4, 2022 by Erin B.
Brief note to self:
give myself backbone.

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Posted in Poems on LifeTagged backbone, myself, note, self
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