NaPoWriMo prompt for 4/20/14 :
"...I challenge you to write a poem in the voice of a member of your family. This can be a good way to try to distance yourself from your own experience, without reaching so far away from your own life that it’s hard to come up with specific, realistic details. But watch out! This type of exercise can also dredge up a lot of feelings. So if you think writing in the voice of your grandfather will be too heavy, maybe try the voice of your four-year-old niece. Four-year-old problems might be a little lighter in scope."
On or Off the Track
by Dot Hearn
this is not how i want my life to be
this is not what i want in my life
i don't know how i got to this life
to this place where i have to take it
there is something inside which is making me
other than who i am i think but to fix it
to fix me is to make me into the thing
i don't want to be and yet
without the fix i can't function
or so i'm told or so the trail of damage
leads me and others to believe and yet
i don't know if i can stand in this place
if i don't
i lose
if i do
i lose
if
i
can
i
where is
my life
where do I go
and how do i get back to me
without alienating others
get my life back on track
but whose track i don't like this track
but if not this track then what
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