Hello everyone,

This year, I am doing my poem a day a little differently. I am writing a new poem every day, and these blog posts will go more in-depth on the process.

The word from the random word generator was WORKSHOP

Here is the poem:

I wish I knew when it started
when I stopped looking at myself as human
and made myself something to workshop
What needs fixing, and whose signature do I need to sign off?
So many classes on how to be better, do better
when maybe all that is needed is to be.
Some days I wish I could go back to the before of it all.
Where bugs were just creatures,
and I wasn’t afraid of their stings or bites,
where a screen didn’t cover my eyes for hours,
questioning if I’m liked or popular enough to keep trying.
I wish I knew when it started.

This one was a tough one to write, to be transparent. I feel like there are a lot of societal pressures to just fit in a box and conform. This is me wishing I could go back to the before of that, if that even exists.

Read more of my poems here: My Poetry