The awkward child
Other girls like playing with Barbies,
cutesy looking dolls and cuddly soft toys.
She likes playing the downstairs piano,
hitting small balls against stucco covered walls.
They like to wear, skirts and pretty dresses,
flirt with the boys and make fun of their toys.
She likes to wear, jeans just like Jesse's,
make friends with the boys and play with their toys.
They like rabbits, kittens and horses,
bright coloured rainbows and sweet smelling roses.
She likes sneakers, jazz and blues records,
black and white movies and unusual keyboards.
They call her names, none of them nice,
circulating gossip and mean-spirited lies.
She pretends their words, don't hurt, don't bite,
cause she know's in her heart, she's alright.
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''Awkwardness is an invitation to vulnerability,
and vulnerability is where intimacy and connection is found.''
(Sammy Rhodes)
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In my view, feeling awkward is a response that we project
onto ourselves when we allow others opinions of us
to matter more than our own.
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about the painting: acrylic on canvas .....what summer may feel like for a child
in a leafy European forest....
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