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There is a difference between

Being lonely and alone

It’s like you pick up your phone

To see no one has called

You don’t feel alone.

When you’re on your own

It's only lonely

In a room full of people you know

Believe me when I say

You’re not the only one to feel this way

And If you get your mind free

From the voices that blind you to see

You’ll know you got a friend in me

Aren’t you tired?

Of being the antagonist in your story?

Trust me, I know; it’s scary.

No, You don’t have to be sorry

To feel this way

Enough of all the worry

Kill your demons to bury

All the voices that blind you to see

To know you got a friend in me

I know you’re not alone.

When you’re on your own

But it shouldn’t feel lonely

To be seen and known

#Depression #Loneliness #poets #MightyPoets

Adversity

Adversity
Hardships abound
A distressful situation
The burden is laid before them
What is usual for some is a tribulation for others

Difficulties arise doing day to day activities
Setbacks are a normal part of the weeks agenda
Catastrophes make their mark on the calendar year

Trouble looms ominously over the horizon
Disasters easily escort downpours of problems
Calamities collect traumas that trickle in incessantly

Adversity
Misfortune accumulates
An affliction multiplies
The bad luck comes unbidden
What has become of the trials of life for far too many

Today on Instagram a poet I follow asked people to write a single sentence describing themselves in the comments. I am blatantly stealing the idea for The Mighty. I think it's a great way to express ourselves and get to know each other.

I'll go first but I hope others will join me. 😊 #poets #everyoneiscreative #Survivors #expressyourself

Even though French is not my first language, I like the French version better, but I also took the time to translate it (by meaning/intent, not literal) into English at the bottom.

Aussi, les gens qui parle Français, corrigez ma grammaire s'il vous plait. Français n'est pas mon langue maternelle; je sais qu'il y a les erreurs.
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Si je pourrai, je serai libre.

Ma tête et mon cœur sont en guerre

Et n'est pas comme dans les livres;

Mon coeur n'a pas beaucoup d'espère. 

Mon coeur ne lui donne pas le sang

Donc ma tête ne lui donne pas les ordres.

Il danse de peur et n'est pas obéissant.

Elle s'évanouit parce que le désordre. 

Ce n'est pas ni la vie ni la mort.

Je suis dans le purgatoire.

J'attends pour le résultat en peur

Et déteste mon systèmes nerveux et circulatoire.

If I could be, I would be free.
My head and my heart are at war,
And not as it's been told before:
"Love versus Logicality".

My heart does not feed my head
So my head becomes absentee;
My heart beats in anxiety
And my head pretends that I'm dead.

I am neither living nor dead,
But waiting in Purgatory.
I detest their endless fury
And await the result in dread.

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Me who will check on me??hugs n support needed. #CheckInWithMe #checkin #checkinonme #MightyQuestions #MightyFeatures #MightyTogether #MightyBookClub #MightyCards #MightyMail #MightyReviews #TheMightyTakeaway #TheMighty #MightyFeatures #Chatspace #Fibromyaliga #FibromyalgiaDiagnosis #Fibromyalgia #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #PosturalOrthostaticTachycardiaSyndrome #PTSD #CPTSDinrelationships #CPTSD #ADHD #ObsessiveCompulsiveDisorder #PolycysticOvarySyndrome #BorderlinePersonalityDisorder #BorderlineStigma #BipolarDisorder #BipolarDepression #Bipolar2Disorder #Yoga #PinchedNerve #FibroFog #HashimotosThyroiditis #HypothyroidismUnderactiveThyroidDisease #Flu #COVID19 #ChronicPain #Love #Friends #Hugs #AnxietyDisorderNotOtherwiseSpecified #GeneralizedAnxietyDisorder #rest #resilience #strength #poets #MightyPoets #MightyMusic #musicians #Art #Photography #SupportGroups #Support #AspergersSyndrome #Aspie #Aspergers #Hope #god #Church #fighter #lover #Upallnight name some good shows movjes music and booms for me to devour?

“Silence”

Silence
Is a sound
Not " quite" deafening"
But
A
Luxurious
Delectable
Wholesome reality
Unto itself

Consider the wind,
That sweet
Ebb and flow of atmosphere
As lazy zephyr
Swims amongst
The leaves and branches
Of all
Grown green

Consider the rain,
Liquid staccato.
Sullen drops
Bursting
One by one
To rhythms
Beyond measure

Consider the birds
And cicadas and
Creatures of all
As they perform
The symphony of life
Written by the Master
Himself
Having debuted first
In the
Garden of Gardens

And consider the children
Cries of home runs
Bruised knees
And first kisses
Playing in that distant place
To which
No one can return

Silence
The eternal echoes
Of life itself

Silence
Is a sound
Rich in both
Rhythm and texture
And, yet sublimely performed

Soothing to
Mind
Body and Soul

An essential element
As vital to life as
Oxygen
Or laughter
Or love

It is communion
With
All that Is!

Yes
Silence
Is a sound!

Should only
You wish
To tap in!

~Jolee K Rinick
     9/11/12
#poets #Depression #Meditation

When I was a kid
My chest would fill
With intense pain
Every time I ran.

When I was fourteen
I got dizzy
And saw colours
Every prolonged stand

When I was fifteen
My fingers bent
Past normal and
I loved this misdeed.

Now I am sixteen
My chest fills
With intense pain
Regardless of speed.

(Costochondritis.)

I get dizzy
And see colours
Every time I stand.

(Orthostatic Hypotension.)

My body aches
And bends to lengths
Most can't understand.

(Undiagnosed.)

I never knew
I could survive such pain,
Going day after day
Feeling mostly the same.
And for this,
They give me pity
Because they see not
Where I see beauty.
They see broken hearts
And shattered dreams,
Not the ashes
Where fire starts
And where hope gleams.
Not for me,
But for humanity.
This slight synecdoche
Displays the cores of
Human sanity:
Our resilience
Determination
Ceaseless pliantness
And strong ambition.
We stop at nothing
To stay alive
We keep going,
Continue to strive.

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