Waking Up (c)2020, by Pamela Schloesser Canepa
We were pushed out of our homes.
pushed into the night
a sudden awakening
where there had been no light.
Triggered, incited
forced to move on.
It seemed I breathed fresh air
for the first time ever.
Everyone looked on me in scorn
as I rolled down the window
saying Goodbye forever.
I was what they said I should be
But I’m now my own version of me
Grateful for change when they only
saw catastrophe.
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Author: PamelaS.Canepa, Writing and Living
I am a writer who also teaches reading and writing, currently. In 2016, I self-published an e-book and its sequel, and I am learning the art of self-promotion. I published a full-length time travel novel as of 6/16/17 and its sequel in the summer of 2018. Life is a trip, and writing is the best escape for me!
Learn about my award-winning sci-fi novel, Detours in Time, on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0711ZW6XF
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Waking up and breaking free… nice use of rhyme, Pamela 🙂
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Thank you, Sue!
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About a year and a half ago, I woke one morning to an orange glow in the north.
This turned into the first big fire we’ve had around here in over a decade.
But, Pam, this same thought passed through my mind just before I turned to waking people up and getting us ready to flee. You nailed it!
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Thank you, Gary! This is so metaphorical of my desire to put the past behind me and forge my way into a new me in 2020.
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This poem is so beautiful… it gave me goosebumps thinking about changes that were needed in order for growth to happen… truly lovely!
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Thank you so much!
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🙂
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