Filled with self doubt
in a brow beaten world
flee disapproval
escape to your shell
it is comfortable there
Close your mind and mouth
seal your buffeted eyes
bow to the pressure
accept without question
swallow the anger
suck it deep down
lest you come alive
force hard decisions
raging at the system
You are tired
you want to rest
you want to play it safe.
art by Janette Tomanek
Lovely 😊
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They say a closed mouth never gets fed. Wonderfully told, it’s almost a subliminal message to tell someone to rise up.
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Would I do that? 🙂
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Haha! 😉. I can keep a secret.
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😉
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Reblogged this on Die Erste Eslarner Zeitung – Aus und über Eslarn, sowie die bayerisch-tschechische Region!.
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Thank you so much for reblogging this.
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Powerful!
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Thank you Nico
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Those moments of wanting to play it safe are always overridden by the need to breathe and expel the toxins. Beautiful Heart!
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Thank you Colleen, that is so true.
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Excellent!
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Thank
You Gigi
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This is great! I’m sure I’ve felt that way… But then you gather your strength and carry on. ❤
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A bit of TIC. 🙂 Thank you Meg. ❤
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I love this. Me too…me too! ❤
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Thank you Michelle…<3
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Play it safe. Rethink of what one will say in a manner of conversation. Playing it safe is a means of caution and still hold in a lot of toxins. Beautifully well said. 🙂
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There us a cost for playing it safe. Thank you 😦
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Powerfully, Empowering and bold! Love this, Heart! ❤
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Thank you so much Eric. There’s a simple message between the lines. ❤
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Whoa! One after the other I’ve been reading words that “could” apply to my life. The last line for me would be “HAVE to play it safe”. Life is complicated … and then some!!! Powerful write, Holly! 💞
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Thank you Amy 💞
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Beautiful image and words.
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Thank you Joel
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You’re welcome HH.
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Many of us are being forced Fed recently.. but I feel many now, while mouths still remain closed.. Are opening their hearts.. Let us hope, Beautiful poem.. with deep meaning. ❤
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So True and so very well state! Forces thoughtful reflections! Thanks for that!
Chuck
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Thank you Chuck. 🙂
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