Disapproval/ Poem Share

 

man in blue crew neck shirt staring at woman trying to lift barbell

Disapproval is so capturing

It is like a cage where you wish to be freed

Nothing more demeaning

At least not to me

I see it steal the innocence of children

Robbing the older folks of much joy

It illuminates the sidewalks when a stranger passes by

The scars are almost unrecognizable

They take on a life of their own

Disapproval is a beast to all

Devouring what there is left of one’s dignity.

The only way to escape its grasp?

No one knows.

I surely don’t because it grows as I grow.

It has walked around me all my life.

Taking on the faces of people I thought loved me.

People who accepted me for who I am

It has long become a part of my view of myself

It is like skin on my bones

Forever a cover to what lies beneath.

Visible to onlookers of the outer self

But not inside where one’s soul is shelved.

Disapproval can defeat a person’s outlook on things

It shuts them down before they even engage.

It is powerful , more than a two-edged sword

If it was to disappear, oh what a better place we would have here.

MwsR ❤

 

 

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"If you are going to write, write from the heart." MwsR "Life has not been the easiest, but it could have been worse!" MwsR Life is about doing all you can to help others. Don't go chasing rainbows, make your own pot of gold. Love, Hope, Faith, the greatest of these is Love!

18 thoughts on “Disapproval/ Poem Share”

  1. I hope so. I am an empath and I am always looking to help another not feel isolated or like they are the only person who could feel the way they feel. It makes our world a better place to comfort another.

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  3. But your poem, was well written and so many people can easily resonate with the words and that makes it truly wonderful 🙂

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  4. Well lol, l have to concede to something here Michelle, l think that might also be my problem, my fingers are tapping on the keyboard so fast my mind says NO, there is a spelling error there! Oops too late, then l make these silly correction posts lol. Don’t get me wrong, l do have a sticky keyboard as well. Suze says it is because l am a keyboard thumper instead a keyboard tapper. 🙂

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  8. I knew you would, but it’s a thing l do, l have to point out sometimes the blatantly obvious 🙂

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  13. Excellently versed and expressed Michell,

    We live in a society that seemingly thinks it’s perfectly acceptable to judge without knowledge and to disapprove without thought to feelings. People think they are so perfect, that they stand above others instead of shoulder to shoulder to them. I have walked hand in hand with disapproval most of my life from my peers, loved ones and family. When we are young we seek approval and we are met with the opposite, l can relate to these words oh so sadly well.

    Rory

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