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AnthonyOwen
Member since April 1, 2023
Member for 3 years, 2 months
Doubt
Doubt..
a feeling of uncertainty or lack of conviction
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I must be broken because I've pulled myself in two,
Doubt casts it's shadow over me, past mistakes are shining through.
This confidence they talk of is like a hero’s mask, some times we have to wear it through the
hardest of life's tasks.
Doubt is something that can really grip us all. It pretends to keep us safe, as it starts to build
a wall.
A wall we believe we can never climb over, stay here its safer, save the exposure.
But it is this exposure that causes extraordinary growth, it slowly rids us of the doubts and the
feelings of 'i won't'.
Try not to doubt, try to conceive, you were made with a gift to both give and achieve.
This doubt that I talk of can sometimes enslave,
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It leaves behind regrets that we will take to our graves.
Regrets of things we were to scared to try, we thought we couldn’t do it, we stood and asked
why?.
So when the cloud comes and takes a hold of yourself. Remember your worth, your internal
wealth.
Just tell yourself, and say it out loud.I do not doubt myself, I can turn this around.
Repeat yourself, this every day.
I am proud myself and ill find my own way.
A. Owen
AnthonyOwen’s timeline
- April 2024
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01 MonAnniversary
One year of membership
- April 2023
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03 MonReceived a critique
on Doubt from @Rosewood Apothecary
"Very good first submission. Take Kelsey up on revisions, Geezer is usually great too if he comes along. I’d like to see the line breaks fixed to make it look a bit more like the structured poem it it is but I did read t…" -
02 SunReceived a critique
on Doubt from @swamp-witch
"Like you said, I think this poem is incredibly relatable and anyone will understand it at one point or another in their life. "It pretends to keep us safe, as it starts to build a wall" is absolutely spot on. I have som…" -
01 SatFirst publication
Doubt
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01 SatJoined Neopoet
Membership begins
First poem published 1 days later.
About Me
After years of mental health battles and general life challenges
I found a love of poetry to help give understand to others but
Also to motivation me or distraction my negative thinking caused by my
Bpd.. (borderline personality disorder)
Location: Cornwall, England.
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