A Reverse Poem

I wrote a poem

It was full of sadness

fear, frustration, and pain.

I couched it with flowery words

thinking it would soften the sting.

It didn’t!

I read that same poem

Only this time

I read it from

your perspective

as if it was You

who had written

the words on that page

as a message to me.

It was full of sadness

fear, frustration, and pain.

The flowery words

couldn’t hide the loneliness.

The need to be seen and heard.

A reverse poem.

A way to see that what is true for one

is very often true for another.

New perspectives that bring acceptance

that we cannot change another person

all we can do is change ourselves.

Be the best self we can be.

Taking a leap of faith that

if I ever write another poem

that can be read in reverse

that our voices will be

united in prose

celebrating contentment

respect, and a restful peace.

I can’t say for sure

but if I was to guess

I would say that I just wrote another reverse poem.

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Thank you for reading my books: If I Could Tell You How It Feels, and Untangled, A Story of Resilience, Courage, and Triumph