in real life
I’d be me and you’d be you
We’d be who we were meant to be
Charades gone, masks withdrawn
We’d be honest enough,
You and me
In real life
That’s just not the way it is though
You see
We hide behind
Masks we’ve made and
Ideas we’ve conjured
And lies we’ve believed
And when the days get tough
And life knocks us over
We put up our guards
So no one can see
The real you
And the real me
And all the while
We are longing
To be
Who we were meant to be
one day this world
will be as it really should be
one day
we all will see
and love
just as He
one day when life
is really as it is meant to be
one day
when life becomes real
I’ll see you and you’ll see me
and we’ll be just who
we were meant to be.
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Five Minute Friday writing prompt: “in real life”… join Lisa-Jo at her site, the Gypsy-Mama, for a breath of fresh real life writing. 🙂
Wow – that is an amazing poem – such talent you have! Won’t it be amazing when that day comes and there will be no more need of masks and walls? Thanks for sharing such a beautiful poem 🙂
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Gidget, you know sometimes we arrive at that place of transparency when hard times hit, sadly. But not always… authenticity is the goal and desire for most of us I believe, though we’re still striving to get there. 🙂 Thanks for your sweet comment.
Your 5 Minute Friday posts are truly beautiful. Loved this one!
Thank you so much, Barbie.
Love this!
Thank you, Dawn, for visiting and commenting!
Oh, this is just gorgeous. I really loved your poem!
Thank you, Amy, I appreciate your comment. I really like these 5 min. prompts.
you truly stirred my soul with this, from the very first line on. powerful, powerful words! i always look forward to your posts!
wow, Brittany, that is so sweet and humbling; thank you.
Love this one today!! It is beautiful.