Saturday, September 16, 2023

It is said that writing is autobiographical. To a certain extent I see it as being true. It is difficult not to transmit certain aspects of yourself to your writing. I can also see that writing is not autobiographical. When you read what some authors have written , Stephen King and Edgar Allen Poe to name a couple, one has to realize they are writing ideas that came to them, not through experiences but through exploration.


Today's poem was written after a conversation I had with a friend of mine where she expressed most of the thoughts contained within. 


The Difference Between Us


You couldn’t hurt me

You couldn’t feel what I feel

You couldn’t see what it takes 

To make what could be so real


It isn’t in you

It isn’t what can be taught

You had grow up with it

That is what is really sought


So I am moving along

It’s not what I want

But what I need

In order to be alive

It’s what I have to do

It’s what I have to have

To see success in my life


You don’t really know

How much I truly love you

How much I truly respect you

But you don’t have what I need


You don’t ever share

Don’t ever see 

The importance of what we have

You need to give more

You need to talk more

You need to show you care


But that’s the difference between us


So I am moving along

It’s not what I want

But what I need

In order to be alive

It’s what I have to do

It’s what I have to have

To see success in my life



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