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Array ( [sid] => 75019 [catid] => 1 [aid] => mick [title] => Hiding Inside [time] => 2004-12-09 08:23:20 [hometext] => [bodytext] => I always wondered about myself.
I was made different than everyone else...
I thought that was a bad thing.
I mistook beautiful for disaster
and it was a disguise.
It was almost invisible
to untrained eyes.
They were never lies.

I was always hiding.
The differences complicated the fighting,
and the gaps have lately become
my best asset -
though they are still frightening to reveal.

I was always alone on the inside,
trying to change what was real.
But it never kept me in one place...
Where I lacked, I'd replace the face.
Genuine became a luxury
that you would have to dig deep to see.

It wasn't the truth that set me free,
but someone who took the time
to feel the things that were me. [comments] => 5 [counter] => 170 [topic] => 48 [informant] => Red_October [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 0 [ratings] => 0 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => EmotionalPoetry )

Hiding Inside

Contributed by Red_October on Thursday, 9th December 2004 @ 08:23:20 AM in AEST
Topic: EmotionalPoetry

I always wondered about myself.
I was made different than everyone else...
I thought that was a bad thing.
I mistook beautiful for disaster
and it was a disguise.
It was almost invisible
to untrained eyes.
They were never lies.

I was always hiding.
The differences complicated the fighting,
and the gaps have lately become
my best asset -
though they are still frightening to reveal.

I was always alone on the inside,
trying to change what was real.
But it never kept me in one place...
Where I lacked, I'd replace the face.
Genuine became a luxury
that you would have to dig deep to see.

It wasn't the truth that set me free,
but someone who took the time
to feel the things that were me.

Copyright © Red_October ... [ 2004-12-09 08:23:20]
(Date/Time posted on site)

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Re: Hiding Inside (User Rating: 1 )
by pixie on Thursday, 9th December 2004 @ 08:25:40 AM AEST
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We all hide sometimes when we feel down and can fight no longer, this was well expressed and sad,

pixie xx

Re: Hiding Inside (User Rating: 1 )
by holy on Thursday, 9th December 2004 @ 08:36:31 AM AEST
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hi,red - october,i am reading your works and enjoying your heart ,i am feeling every words from this handsome poem ,good luck to you

Re: Hiding Inside (User Rating: 1 )
by Pyrofungus on Thursday, 9th December 2004 @ 11:21:18 AM AEST
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bro i'm the same way...i think always of what could happen...which isn't always good...so many people have those "untrained eyes" not even noticing the disaster that awaits them...great poem bro...its hard to bring out who you actually are and stop hiding inside...i know....

please comment on my work too
summer

Re: Hiding Inside (User Rating: 1 )
by Stitch on Thursday, 9th December 2004 @ 11:51:01 AM AEST
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I was always alone on the inside,
trying to change what was real.

Now those are words I can surely relate to.
Stitch

Re: Hiding Inside (User Rating: 1 )
by Scarlett on Wednesday, 22nd December 2004 @ 06:03:37 AM AEST
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i can relate to this. once you get into the routine of keeping yourself hidden it gets hard to shake.

brilliant, well written x

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