The Mockingbird

The mockingbird is a songbird of the Southern US noted for its ability to mimic the calls of other birds. I am a mockingbird set free.

I wrote because I have

    thoughts left unspoken

I have desires that

    beckon me to speak.

I have, deep within me...

Emotions that need 

    subtle outpouring,

Harsh uprisings

    I would rather put to words.

I write because

    I am simply me...

Perhaps a weakling at heart

Too hesitant to say "no"

Most afraid of disapproval

Yet so desirous of freedom

    and bliss.

I have been a wanderer

For eon's time

Mayhap I pass along

A place I can honestly call home.

I long to paint

    a smile on my lips

One that I deserve,

Without fear of deprecation.

I crave to laugh a hard laugh

Because I understand what's going on,

And not without knowing

I am but the center of such mockery.

To express my thoughts

   and feelings

Just the way they

    ought to be...

I declare starting this day on...

I will be no center of mockery.

I will say "no" when I want to.

I will express how I feel

    no matter how nonsense

    to you they may seem

And most importantly,

I will choose who I want

    to be with...

Because I don't want to

    fake a smile

I don't want to

    change my thoughts.

I just long to be me...

My imperfections make me

    who I am.

My bloodline constitutes

    the person you now see.

What you find in me

    perhaps things you disapprove

    qualities you wish were similar to yours

All these make me ALIVE...

And starting this day on...

I declare,

I am free.

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Author's Note

You can also visit me at http://frommybeautifulmind.blogspot.com/

Reviews

[Kestrova]

I loved this! Sometimes declaring your own freedom is the only way to truly be free.

[-Scribe in Style-]

I love this write! Well penned!
It is amazing! I can really relate.

I wrote because I have
thoughts left unspoken
I have desires that
beckon me to speak.

I have, deep within me...
Emotions that need
subtle outpouring,


Most afraid of disapproval
Yet so desirous of freedom
and bliss.


Really awesome lines. It is like you totally took my thoughts and put them on paper.
I feel that writing for me is a secret diary that no-one else can fully understand...