Hated or Loved
Say it Plainly Challenge entry
By Paul StewartPublished 7 days ago • Updated 5 days ago • 1 min read
Photo by Maya Alexa G. Romero on Unsplash
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.
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Comments (9)
I am scared of these things too. Ah to be unapologetically yourself is true freedom. Excellent poem and very fitting for this challenge.
I can really relate to this one! Great entry for the challenge :-)
Please just go in like a wrecking ball and be fiercely loved or brutally rejected...it will all be over with too quickly to live any other way.
Saying I relate to this wouldn’t even be nearly enough to express how I feel about this one. Hit me like a goddamn bullet to the head, Paul. My god.
Well said! You’re loved!😅🤗✅
Are you in my head? You're in my head, aren't you? Wonderfully done, Paul <3
Such human worries that we always overthink. Great poem, Paul!
For what it's worth, I always prefer people to be brutally honest. Loved your poem!
the middle of the road is for people who want to get run over. Love you!