Contradiction

by Katie Postlethwaite - Aquarius

I'm settled and changing.. 
                                         free and captive 
                                      contradiction at its best 
                                        afraid but willing 
                                         cruel but loving 
                                       I'm not like the rest 


                                        you can bend me.. 
                                     please don't break me.. 
                                        you can mold me 
                                          but don't turn 
                                         when I fall back 
                                            into being 
                                        just another soul 
                                          who yearns.. 


                                         for the fast life 
                                         for the slow life 
                                        and the short life 
                                           or the long 
                                        words are pictures 
                                           cast in iron 
                                          poems written 
                                        changed to songs.. 

Reason for writing:

    I wrote this poem during a transitional period in my life. It was as much a therapy as an artistic expression.    

Birth sign: Aquarius
Date created: 1999-12-31 01:16:28
Last updated: 2021-03-03 14:41:39
Poem ID: 54226

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