Dance Like No-One Is Watching
The rarity of authenticity
"Dance like no one is watching!" they cry,
As if you are not watching, and will not judge
They say, "You'll never know if you don't try!"
Fear of failure takes hold, and you do not budge.
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"Be yourself!" as if your true self was all thing good,
Popular, admired, liked, respected. It was not.
Who You Are was despised, weird, misunderstood
So you hid it away, and hoped that people forgot.
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It takes courage and time, to grow past the desire
For universal acceptance, validation and praise.
Rules were drummed in, but to dreams you aspire
Never stop reaching, until the end of your days
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Stop making yourself small, fill the space you desire
Find the people like you, the pegs not shaped for the holes
Dance like they are watching, and cheering you higher
Live like the only restrictions are the ones you chose.
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Natasja Rose
I've been writing since I learned how, but those have been lost and will never see daylight (I hope).
I'm an Indie Author, with 30+ books published.
I live in Sydney, Australia
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Comments (8)
Love this, I love the message in this poem 🥰
Beautiful line with good message,superb!
Very amazing poem!!
This is an interesting piece, there is something that I understand and don't at the same time. It made me think after a few minutes, I liked that
I relate to this so much. Thanks for the beautiful inspiring piece!
Splendid inspiration piece!!! Loving it!!!
Beautiful piece. Very nicely done.
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