Hated or Loved

Say it Plainly Challenge entry

By Paul StewartPublished 7 months ago • Updated 7 months ago • 1 min read

I always worry

if I tell it as it is

that I'll scare the majority

away from me.

I always worry

if I say how I feel

how much I love someone

it will push them

away from me.

I always worry

if I speak the truth

how much I need

attention and adoration,

respect and reverence,

that it will be taken

away from me.

If I admit it

just how much I need

to know

I'm not middle of the road—

but hated or loved.

Award-Winning Writer, Poet, Scottish-Italian, Subversive.

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