You sat diagonally from me
Deeply rooted in your stature
My shared distress
You treated as if I were flea
You sighed and nodded
Pushing all non self-referential concerns away
Not a bit of caring sweat you dropped
Not a moment did you spare to learn of the despair
Not even a whisper of advice
Where was that showy warrior armor spirit?
Where was that all-too-often professed concern?
Where was that billowing outcry for justice?
In that moment
I ceased to believe
I had been charmed by the false hugs
I had been charmed by the flaming rhetoric
I had been charmed by your charade
In that moment
I ripped back the veil
In that moment
I no longer allowed you to wear that crinkled mask
Now your shouts for all to hear
Don’t ring true in my ears
In that moment
I knew there was nothing
But a vast wasteland in your heart
Now I sadly know
In that moment
I knew there was nothing
But an egocentric, inward focused set of lens
Now I see you
For the green-eyed monster that you really are
There is now a hole in my balloon of awe
And I will let that awe deflate as it rightly should
Inspired by daily prompt of brilliant disguise
Other thoughts:
My hustle that never quite happened
Hoodwinked by the wandering poet
Categories: Culture, Leadership, Poetry
psychologistmimi 
Wow “In that moment I ceased to believe” beautifully written. Bravo.
I tried finding an email or more proper way to get into contact with you though but couldn’t find anything. But I’m interested to see if you’d be interested in doing a collaboration? I’m getting ready to launch a new page on my blog dedicated to inspiring others and spread the words and messages of some others that are in the same vein of thought as myself (and I’m a psych and soc. major so ya know ) But if you’d be interested in doing a guest blog, perhaps the psychology of travel, or even an interview then let me know!
Look forward to hearing back from you
All the Best,
Jeremy
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Hi jeremy. thanks for stopping by and commenting. sure, I would love to partner with you. I’ll send you a separate message. thanks for thinking of me. your new venture sounds cools
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Reblogged this on rebloggobbler.
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Thanks for the reblog
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I’ve nominated you for the Lighthouse Award. You can find the guidelines on this page:
http://yadadarcyyada.com/2014/03/14/look-out-i-won-the-lighthouse-award/
If you accept awards, please accept this with my gratitude…if not, I get it. They are lovely, but take a long time and it’s way, way, way too difficult to only thank a few people since so many wonderful people support us on our journeys. No worries. Thank you either way. Donna
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oh thanks. so kind of you. I am very slow. I mean very slow on responding to award noms. I will check it out. you are kind to think of me. and congrats to you as well 🙂
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This was very nice – “a hole in my balloon of awe” – really great turn of phrase. Thanks
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thanks 🙂
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If I’d gotten around to this I could have saved the 2 posts, sigh…in retrospect I think these are my last awards, lovely, but a lot of time. 🙂
I’ve nominated you for The Sunshine Award. If you accept awards, please accept this with my sincerest regards, if not, no worries, just know that your support and blog is appreciated. While delightful, these awards do take a lot of time.
http://yadadarcyyada.com/2014/03/15/i-won-the-sunshine-award/
Thanks. Donna
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ah, thanks again. they are lovely but a lot of time, eh? I will check it out. congrats to you as well. keep on writing!
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