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paper for fear that most people will judge me.</p><p id="6b60" type="7">Will judge my depiction of my raw humanity and on one instant, define me.</p><p id="7e4b" type="7">So I try to modify my reality to create a version that is acceptable to many.</p><p id="df2c" type="7">But all illusions have their cracks because reality can not be held back and I am nothing if not real.</p><p id="ff9d" type="7">So, even if I am damaged and broken goods and I cry more than I laugh at least I am being true to me.</p><p id="25c3" type="7">Please, let me be me.</p><p id="fb7f"><a href="undefined">C.J. Obikile</a>, 2020</p><p id="d453">31 Days of Poetry — Day 24<

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/p><p id="0016">Thank you for reading my words. Here’s <b>Day Twenty-Three’s</b> Poem if you’d like to read more:</p><div id="c5eb" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/normal-cebe79e8702d"> <div> <div> <h2>Normal</h2> <div><h3>That's all I want to be</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*gHn1ipjCf_UpDOHcd_HYtg.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div></article></body>

POETRY

Let Me Be

Free form poetry from my heart

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Sometimes, I recoil from putting my thoughts on paper for fear that most people will judge me.

Will judge my depiction of my raw humanity and on one instant, define me.

So I try to modify my reality to create a version that is acceptable to many.

But all illusions have their cracks because reality can not be held back and I am nothing if not real.

So, even if I am damaged and broken goods and I cry more than I laugh at least I am being true to me.

Please, let me be me.

C.J. Obikile, 2020

31 Days of Poetry — Day 24

Thank you for reading my words. Here’s Day Twenty-Three’s Poem if you’d like to read more:

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