This was an exercise I did for class. We had to find a poem we liked, and write the opposite of every word in it. I chose a poem from my favorite poet, Emily Dickenson, of course. The original is "I'm Nobody! Who are you?" And at first I felt the inversion didn't make sense.. But I realized, it makes a ton of sense of how I'm feeling right now. I'm at a point where I'm ready to come out of my shell, but fear and doubt is holding me back. I guess you can say I'm going through something, and it subconsciously came out in this poem, which ended up being really cool. So here it is.. Enjoy.
"I'm Somebody! I thought you were me."
I'm somebody! I thought you were me.
Who is not-- somebody?
Now there is one of us.
Tell everyone! Tell the world! We'll be in the spotlight--
Though, I'm not quite sure.
How wonderful--not to be-- nobody!
How private-- unlike an elephant--
To remain anonymous-- the curtailed December--
To a disappointed desert.
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