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Self-effacement With time names and dates engraved on headstones weather beneath pelting sleet and rain to soften carefully chiseled letters Little by little etchings become blurred at the edges indistinct and unreadable Personality features fade daily hidden with words structured into facades readily available as a cover from those who wish to unearth the treasures within What a struggle to hide to mute or soften eccentricities into normalities What an effort continual concealment behind frights and fears as though a child playing hide-and-go seek with others Self-effacement becomes a life-style of constantly playing a game without a prize
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Jun 26, 2017
Jun 26, 2017 at 6:51 PM UTC
Effacement
Self-effacement With time names and dates engraved on headstones weather beneath pelting sleet and rain to soften carefully chiseled letters Little by little etchings become blurred at the edges indistinct and unreadable Personality features fade daily hidden with words structured into facades readily available as a cover from those who wish to unearth the treasures within What a struggle to hide to mute or soften eccentricities into normalities What an effort continual concealment behind frights and fears as though a child playing hide-and-go seek with others Self-effacement becomes a life-style of constantly playing a game without a prize
First write in a long time. I'm giving HelloPoetry another try
#isolation#shyness#poor#selfconcept
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89/M/American
Jun 26, 2017
Jun 26, 2017 at 6:51 PM UTC
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