Anya - Hello Poetry

Anya Sep 2018

Smart

What is being smart?
I've always wondered
Is it having innate talent?
Or being exceedingly knowledgeable?
Perhaps, having the skills to survive in one's society?
...
Is it a special skill?
Is it something that can be cultivated?
Is it limited to certain people?
...
So what is it?
...
...
...
I'd really like to know

#smart #skill #innate #cultivated #people #intelligent #skillful #question #developed

Anya Sep 2018

I n v i s i b l e

It's stifling
Unseen
Unheard
Unnoticed
By anyone
By anything
Invisible
in a room
full of my
supposed
...
friends

#invisible #unseen #unheard #unnoticed #friends #people #room #alone #lonely

Anya Sep 2018

Game

The acrid, rather salty aroma surrounds
me, cloud of it invading my nostrils and tongue as the salty
liquid drips past my parched, cracked, lightly parted
lips as my throat is made hoarse by screaming
with all my might as we score the winning
Goal

#goal #win #game #sweat #stench #scent #imagery

Anya Sep 2018

Invisible

Unseen
Unheard
Their eyes skip over mine
Their voices directed to others
Their ears only hearing others
I'm invisible
In the classroom
In the hallways
Outside
Inside
In the cafeteria
I'm invisible
And I'm really tired of blaming myself for it

#invisible #unseen #unheard #friends #lonely #alone

Anya Sep 2018

Free

When I'm on a field
I can be free

When I'm with my family
I can be free

When I'm with little children
I can be free

When I'm with animals
I can be free

When I write
I can be free

...

But when I'm anywhere else
I'm constrained by
a cage known as-
self consciousness
social anxiety
shyness
She comes by many names
...

By any chance,
are you familiar with her?

I understand that my free situations may not apply to everyone so when you're reading feel free to replace them with any place you feel free in.

#free #constrained #self #consciousness #social #anxiety #society #cage #family #friends

Anya Sep 2018

I feel like the Butterfly

There is a fundamental difference
between the peacock and the butterfly
Both are beautiful
Both are deserving
But when it comes down to it
One struts proudly
while the other...
quietly flutters away

#butterfly #peacock #flutter #strut #beautiful #attractive #shy #quiet #unnoticed #proud

Anya Sep 2018

Sportsmanship

They say...

it isn't about winning or losing
it's the sport
and the people who play it
But is it really?

#win #lose #winning #losing #sportsmanship #sport #people #play #enjoy #fun