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Member since March 26, 2026
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Who am i ?
Who Am I?
A question asked in search of truth.
A broken mirror
reflects the many different parts of me.
The quiet observer,
learning and mimicking,
trying to fit in.
Constant exhaustion
without exertion.
An actor,
typecast in a role
I didn’t audition for.
A deep thinker
that thinks too deeply.
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Feeling the lows
and rarely experiencing the highs.
Walking through life
a step behind everyone else,
in an attempt to copy,
to be accepted.
I walk with heavy feet
but leave no print,
forever elusive,
hidden in the shadow
my performance casts.
Emotionally numb,
my range of feeling stunted.
Like a parcel game
at children’s parties,
my layers are many
to hide and obscure.
Like a Russian doll,
my outer appearance alters
to fit an acceptable construct.
Hidden deep is my truest self,
seen by few.
Self-preservation,
acted out in self-defence—
defence from sensory attack.
The poet using metaphor
to illustrate what my mouth
struggles to say.
A glimpse behind the curtain,
a hidden world of make-believe.
So who am I?
I don’t know—
The outline is traced,
……..but only in pencil.
leigh_’s timeline
- March 2026
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29 SunReceived a critique
on Who am i ? from @Geezer
"good similes. Very close to the mark for a great many of us. ~ Geezer. ." -
29 SunNew follower
@Geezer
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27 FriReceived a critique
on Who am i ? from @Eliza
"We all struggle with our identities and self-acceptance at times. You have done a good job of putting these feelings into words. Some good similes too." -
27 Fri
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26 ThuReceived a critique
on Cats at night from @Jane A. Rug
"you have company, cuz i (a sexagenarian) long experienced difficulty with traditional public school (no assassins then during the late 60's and early/mid seventies), but struggled horrendously and nearly got held back p…" -
26 ThuReceived a critique
on Cats at night from @Geezer
"what you are trying to express, but I think that you can do better. Coming to rest beneath a parked car, not long stopped, to shelter from the rain, Maybe something like: Beneath the warm and ticking just stopped car, s…" -
26 ThuFirst publication
Cats at night
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26 Thu
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26 ThuJoined Neopoet
Membership begins
First poem published 1 days later.
About Me
About me
Uk writer, 41
Still learning , autistic and been writing for 1 year.
Location: GBR
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