My inner child cowers, confined by conformity
Yearning to be let out, unshackled and free!
Iridescent, uninhibited
Not contained and
Not restrained, she’d
Engineer enjoyment, frivolity and fun.
Raging and rebellious
Chortling and
Howling, craving
Instant satisfaction, but no! Quietly she
Lurks beneath the veil of decorum
Dwelling in the darkness, sadly unfulfilled.
Written in response to Sadje’s What Do You See #61 photo prompt.
Image credit: Tim Hüfner @ Unsplash
The image shows wall art. A woman is dressed in 1950’s style. A speech bubble next to her says, ‘Listen to your inner child’. There are cartoons and graffiti on the wall too.
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Chris you’ve written the perfect poem for this image. And I think this poster is urging us to set the cowered child, bound by decorum and societal norms, free. Free to enjoy life. Thanks a lot for joining in with this wonderful poem.
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Thank you so much, Sadje! We mustn’t deny that inner child 😀
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Nopes, otherwise we will become old and stodgy.
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…and there’s no way we’re going to let that happen!
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Nopes! 😃
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Reblogged this on Keep it alive and commented:
I must share this fantastic poem from Chris! Loved her take on this week’s prompt.
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🙂
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This is such a beautiful acrostic poem Chris. Sadly we are all guilty of burying that inner child within us.
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Thanks, Radhika 🙂 We must try to let her go, occasionally!
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This is so perfect for the image Chris… and you wrote it so beautifully..
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Thanks, Mich 🙂 you’re very kind to say!
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Ahh, the inner child! My inner child wants to color and draw and play with my cat, and stay up late and get up whenever I want …wait, isn’t that what I do anyway?😂
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🤣🤣🤣I think we can safely say you’ve embraced your inner child, Debra! 🐈🐼🎨
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Perfect Acrostic!!! Letting out the inner child is the best thing to do 😊 beautiful poem Chris
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Thanks HS 🙂 Definitely the way to be!
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Such a beautiful poem! Brilliant ❤
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Thank you, Ramya!
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‘Iridescent, uninhibited’ – wonderful. I feel like this should be the motto for someone’s coat of arms!
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Just trying to picture what might be on the shield🤣
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Fair point I hadn’t thought that far ahead! 😂
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love your acrostic but please liberate your inner child, it’s truly enchanting 🙂
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Worry not, Kate. My poem is in no way autobiographical 🌻
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ah phew … great creativity then, you had me sucked in!
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😀
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Nice post. Great expression of one’s inner-self wanting to break out and roam free.
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Thanks, Don!
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What a lovely poem, Chris. I love the format, super creative.😊
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Thanks so much, Jeff!
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What an excellent acrostic, Chris! Love your take.
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Thanks so much, Punam!
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You are welcome.
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Great acrostic! We should all let our inner child out (unless the inner child is having a temper tantrum, of course).
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Ha ha, good point, Liz 🙂
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Incredible acrostic! Wonderfully penned!
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Thank you so much 🙂
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Let her out 😉
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Oh, but I have… didn’t you notice?
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😀
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Beautiful tribute to everyone’s inner troublemaker – 100% agree! 😀
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I thought you might, Tom! Remind me when your book offer starts. It’s showing as $6.03 at the moment.
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Started it on Monday & hopefully it should read $2.66 now. Sent you an email with the new details 🙂
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Great! I’ll have a look now 🙂
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I really get you with this one Chris, we were thinking on the same plane with this one🧡
The inner child is our most free and happiest part.
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Most definitely 🙂
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Too long those inner children suffer… Let ’em out, let them create, let them heal the world!!!
Conformity is over-rated! Best to you during the holidays and have a great New Year!
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All the best to you too, Jules! Here’s to a highly creative 2021 🙂
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You betcha!! 😀
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[…] Chris Hall; Let me out […]
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I loved your take and the style of writing!!!
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Thank you so much, Pallavi 🙂
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Nicely penned.
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Thank you, Usha!
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You are welcome.
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‘sadly unfulfilled’, these words strike me this morning…
You did well Chris.
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Thanks, Kavitha, I feel this same. My inner child feels a bit trampled on today.
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