Vulnerable

This is me at my most vulnerable.

Unvarnished. No strings attached. Pure and still.

I don’t show this readily. I’m no fool.

Just don’t shatter it: I know others will.

I know some will see this as a weakness

They may laugh, hurt, condemn, exploit, cat-call

They will tell me that silence is painless

But for you the walls around me will fall

Feel an honesty no one else will know

See what all the layers are concealing.

Touch all the emotions I wish to show

See the me I am, to you, revealing

Show me your real, honest, self this one time

Do it for me and I will show you mine

20th September 2026

Hurt Feelings

Look at that loser: He’s got hurt feelings

His seat to Sucker-ville is well reserved

Been faced with a truth that left him reeling

But just as well: he got what he deserved

He will go home with his world view shaken

He will look in the mirror and condemn

He will face problems that will awaken

But such a struggle is not our problem

His pain is nothing compared to our own

What would he know about what we’ve been through?

We don’t need his help: We will stand alone

We won’t listen when he has a breakthrough

He’s not like us: We are human. We’re strong

That he has hurt feelings proves he’s just wrong

19 September 2026

Crazy

What on earth did I do to get noticed?

I’m not used to set one’s feelings alight

What did you see that made you so focused?

This attraction: Got to be a joke right?

Exactly what were the words that were said

That suddenly made me quite appealing?

Many walked off. What made you turn your head?

Where’d you find emotions so revealing?

These words uttered have a familiar sound

Words that may have been uttered from this mouth

With dark memories of past travelled ground

And situations that went way down south

This case has happened many times before

And it’s a truth that shakes me to my core

19th September 2026