Reply To: 'readers write'

ok since this topic is too far down on the totem pole here, i’ll revive it and hope i get a better response than last time. (oomis aren’t you god at poetry? i thought i saw s/t funny by you in the good shabbos section – i could be making that up though.)

anyway, i wrote this after a couple weeks of therapy…

on the outside, i smile.

inwardly, i frown.

outwardly, i laugh – loud and long.

on the inside, i cry – hard.

on the outside, i am confidant.

inwardly, i cringe.

outwardly, i sing.

on the inside, i am silent.

beaming, grimacing, emotional, reticent,

lost, confused, hurt,

brave, believing,strong –

who am i?

part of me smiles,

part of me frowns.

most of me laughs, loud and long,

a bit of me cries, hard.

part of me is confident,

part of me cringes.

most of me sings,

a bit of me is silent.

beaming and grimacing, emotional and reticent.

lost, confused, hurt –

but brave and believing and strong –

who i am.