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Displaced

An aberration is what you were
In the scheme of my life,
Where my impractical ideas
Set bars so very high, for so many.

Maybe if I'd been easier to please
I could've more easily found a niche,
I might have discovered, where,
In this vast puzzle I finally fit.

But it wasn't so...

I could never seem to change my shape,
With these jagged edges
That no one seems to know
How to sand and smooth over.

For an anomaly is what I am.
I don't hardly ever find a place
Where I am in tune with everyone else,
Finally finding that harmonic vibe.....

And it seems
I'm a discordant note,
In a melody
Of which I don't belong.
— Blue_Halcyon, Mar 25, 2009

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Region, Country: Florida, USA

Favorite Poets: Sylvia Plath, Rumi, Kahlil Gibran, Edgar Allen Poe, Lewis Carrol, Yeats, Bukowski, Langston Hughes, Johanne Wolfgang von Goethe, ect.

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Geezer

Geezer

17 years 2 months ago

reminds me of ......

this poem reminds me of one of those disney movies, where you can see the discordant note trying to fit in with all different types of musical notes but can't. it gets pushed around and bumped. but like 'walt', i love a happy-ending. i can picture it finally finding a spot in the marching of togetherness. loved it, keep on keeping on, gee.
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sumsum22

17 years 2 months ago

truth....

The truth in this poem is strong, resonating, powerful. Society can have a way of making us think in ways that may not be the healthiest, and for those of us that may be naturally self-deprecating or unsure, it can be a living nightmare. You have placed the idea of an internal struggle in a beautiful, honest light, and I thank you for it. I look forward to seeing more work from you! Very nice poem. Bryan Toes. I have them.