February 22

“Comfortable” by Kirsten Ponticelli

I am told I should strive for change,

For what is new and unknown,

But it’s hard to change, it’s hard to say goodbye to familiarity.

A lot of people don’t like change:

I still read the same books, I still listen to the same music;

How do I outrun who I am? 

How do I leave what never asks me to go?

No matter how many trials I put myself through, I can never flee my own skin.

Freedom will never be tasted by the tongue that is so in love with the bite.


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Posted February 22, 2021 by valerie.egger in category poetry

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