loner

Jul 1, 2015

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i don’t like
to say i’m a loner —
the label
has antisocial connotations
that cause me
discomfort

it’s not that
i don’t like people
but, sometimes
they get under my skin.
i don’t mean to offend anybody
you haven’t done anything wrong,
you’re not inadequate,
or lacking in social skills

it’s just that
i live in my mind,
it’s not a big mind,
sometimes, two’s a crowd.
i’m not hiding anything,
i’m trying to figure things out —

sometimes,
i’m not too quick at that,
i have to mull things over,
imagine the consequences.
often,
i decide not to do anything
(‘a rebel without a clue’),
leave the ball in someone else’s court,
let them make the decision.

i’m not proud
of this attitude
but, it’s the only one i have
so, it’ll have to do,
until i find a replacement;
that’s not going to happen —
so live with it,
or leave me alone.

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15 responses to “loner”

josayo

July 8, 2015

Reblogged this on MY WORLD and commented:
This is Me

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josayo

July 8, 2015

This is me…..You just described my very own person. Have to reblog this. Thanks for this

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Gregory

July 3, 2015

Reblogged this on The Works of a Dreamer.

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Illz Gamilla

July 3, 2015

It’s exactly how I feel about myself. Wonderful work you have here in your page!

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moylomenterprises

July 3, 2015

I feel the same way, but with kids and other responsibilities I usually have to wait til coworkers leave or when kids go sleep before I can enjoy my alone time. I crave that time in my head to mull things over, to untangle the mess of words waiting to strung into a Web worth catching passersby. But I know fully well that though I relish alone time being alone 24/7 is too extreme — there must be balance.

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Michael

July 3, 2015

Really like your poetry. Would love your opinion on mine. Check out this one https://thereelmikewill.wordpress.com/2015/07/03/witchcraf/

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justme

July 2, 2015

I resonate

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cenedrarodriguez91

July 2, 2015

I really enjoyed this. It is how I feel most of the time.

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lynhorner

July 2, 2015

You said what I often feel. I just want to write and be left alone. It’s part of our creative nature. I hate gabbing on the phone for an hour with someone who can’t stand to be alone in their mind. I LIKE being alone in mine!

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1. Dennis Cardiff
  
  July 2, 2015
  
  Thank you. Lyn. Some people can’t understand why we ‘just want to write and be left alone.’ Go figure!
  
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Niklas

July 2, 2015

Like it a lot! Have you read Quiet by Susan Cain? Sounds like it might suit you. 😊

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Citizen of the World

July 2, 2015

Hello Dennis,
correct me if I am wrong but… didn’t you initially title it “Rebel”? I personally liked that title, and the image of James Dean matched it perfectly. Your sincerity perspires through your words. I appreciate the rawness of your talent!

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mescalime

July 2, 2015

Great poem!

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loner | angel31260's Blog

July 2, 2015

[…] loner.-Loner you call yourself your leaving yourself no dignity or man pride, it’s not what your makeup is all about, it’s your true feelings about yourself that counts it’s what you are all about your feelings that hurt on the inside, i feel as when i’m speaking to you that we are walking in the same path and in the same pair of shoes, i have went the lengths and walked the lines through the hardship and trying times, i feel when i speak to you you have been burnt by friendships, no matter how much you have tried, or all the good things that you have done, or all the good you have shown and do, people we have met along the way, end up to be hurtful and stray away, please remember you have done all that you can do, to hold that friendship close to you, people we meet and sometimes family members too, we can’t change their thoughts of their feelings about us, even though we didn’t give them a reason to do so, overwhelming numerous people in our thoughts become counted like numbers, leaves us astonished and baffled people are jealous, how come so many that’s a mystery, that’s how we became loners…. […]

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INCOMESCO / Jesi

July 1, 2015

Thank you for the follow. Wish you all the best.

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