Poetry

Outside the box

Posted by shllyn on

I was told once that we are all born into boxes

Each decorated to distract

To the point of not even noticing we are in them

It was hard to believe at first

Until I began to see cracks in the corners

Accepting the possibility, I stepped out for the first time

Took a look from the outside

And some days I wish I would have never left that blissful ignorance

It seems impossible to shove myself back in

Now that I know it was just a box

SWD 05/2018

5 Comments Add yours

  1. fauxcroft says:
    27.05.2018 at 19:42

    Love this.

    Liked by 1 person

  2. listeningtomylife7 says:
    28.05.2018 at 19:34

    You have written such truth in so few words–great job.

    Liked by 1 person

  3. AQUIB says:
    19.07.2018 at 10:09

    Wonderful

    Liked by 1 person

  4. Neha Sharma says:
    03.08.2018 at 11:53

    ‘Until I began to see cracks in the corners’. Love this! ❤

    Liked by 1 person

  5. ShariLynn says:
    26.03.2019 at 19:56

    Maybe now that you know, you can create the box you like best, or bounce from box to box as the moment asks. I also look at it as wearing masks. So many lovely masks! I plan on trying them all on! ❤️

    Liked by 1 person

Leave a Reply

Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:

Gravatar
WordPress.com Logo

You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out /  Change )

Google photo

You are commenting using your Google account. ( Log Out /  Change )

Twitter picture

You are commenting using your Twitter account. ( Log Out /  Change )

Facebook photo

You are commenting using your Facebook account. ( Log Out /  Change )

Cancel

Connecting to %s