Wednesday, 20 August 2025

A Poem a Day (726): “Normal” (poems from a pub)

 
“Normal”
 
It isn’t “normal”.
How you dress, how you smile,
how you move, how you dream.
It’s something outside normal,
this beyond, this becoming
someone they don’t understand,
a person they will never fathom,
no matter how hard they seek
to control, to use.
You broke the mould,
you became something new,
someone unforgettable,
just by being you.
A peg that didn’t fit,
someone they didn’t want to breathe.
They held you in contempt.
They kept you down.
But you can only be you.
The peg that doesn’t fit.
That was you.
The person you built.
The human you were deep inside.
A unique thing.
A treasure.
A gift.
No need to feel ashamed
of who you are,
who you had to become.
You are just you.
Let it be.
 
Copyright Vickie Johnstone, August 17, 2025


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