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Ashwin Abraham

I'll tell you what it's about once I figure it out.

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I put words on paper.

But I'm no poet.

For to be a poet,

Would mean to bare,

All that I,

Have spent my life,

Running away from.

I'm no poet.

I put words to paper;

I write what I know

Will elicit a response,

That will be favourable,

To the serotonin, I seek.

I'm no poet,

I'm just a coward.

A coward who cowers,

Beneath thinly disguised,

Words.

Words that convey meaning,

But not to me.

I write rhymes,

And silly lines;

Couplets,

And God knows what else;

Just to get a rise,

From all who read these lies.

I'm no poet,

And I don't think,

I ever will be;

This veil behind,

Which I hide;

It's comprised,

Of rhyming lines,

And metaphors.

I write of facades,

For writing is one.

I'm no poet,

Coz I'm afraid.

I'm simply terrified,

Of all I hide.

What if my soul I bare,

And no one cares?

I'm no poet.

I simply put words,

On paper.

I'm quite the faker,

For while you read,

These foolish poems;

And think to yourself,

I'll hide my soul,

And lock it away;

For you won't find me,

Through any of my poems.

A poem on not being a poet. Ah, the irony.


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This episode is also available as a blog post: https://penguinpotatopanda.wordpress.com/2019/02/04/mediocrity/


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A piece on how one's perspective on the anniversary of their birth and their death changes with time.

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://penguinpotatopanda.wordpress.com/2020/07/22/birth-death/


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