Outcast, you,
and I, rejected.
Dear society,
may these
two middle fingers
find you well.
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Haha!
Oh my gosh..perfect.
Like a bright little “eff you, sheep and sheep – herders”
♡
Thank you.
Something I felt for a lone time and hope others feel this way as well. Also, I see this on someone’s sleeve of a tattoo. 🙂
This one is a double-edged sword because one side of me laughed while the other felt sadness.
You are right.
I put myself in other people’s shoes and said what they felt throughout. To me personally, the outcast are the rebels of punk rock.
I loved it, Charlie!
🙂
Thank you, Basilike.
My statement to all those who’ve ever felt alienated by society or among their close peers. It’s my calling to really not giving a ‘F@)(!’ and just be you.
I’m with you in this.
🙂 Bless you my friend.
I also, have this vision where people tattooing this on their arms or wrist. 🙂
I don’t know why.
Ha ha! Why not?
If my friend and I, collaborate on this graffiti poetry project. Then will use this on the building walls and hope anyone can say, yes, I feel this way as well and tattooing those words on their arms. 🙂
Haha. Raised high in the air.
Yes. Yes.
Initially when I wrote this – I thought about people who felt the way I felt. And saw everyone raising their middle fingers high at the world and telling them they can fuck off! Rebels of the world rule.
They sure as hell do.
🙂
Outcast by some, surely accepted by others. Self-love will come into play to make changes.
I felt like an outcast and turned to books, fantasy in particular, to find a place for myself. Reading took me away from this world, which I needed. ~ Sabaa Tahir
This got me grinning, a good one, Charlie!
Thank you.
I needed a flavored edge to a statement of whoever feels or has felt this way before in their time. It resonates today and hopefully throughout.
Ha! I love this!
Thank you, Watt. This will stand throughout many generations to come.
Perfect Charlie!
🙂 My heart is happy to have shared this with you all. Many can relate to this from before and many generations ahead. 🙂
Most definitely Charlie, I could relate to this. I really like this so much!
I’m glad this resonates with you and hope you pass this along to the next generation. 🙂
most definitely I will!
It makes me sad that society often rejects differences rather than embraces them. How dare people judge others as ‘outcasts’…
Such a powerful message in just a few words. Brilliant.
“Creative people are often found either disagreeable or intimidating by mediocrities.”
― Criss Jami, Killosophy
Thank you. This message I want the poem to reach the next generations to come.
Hahahahaha two middle fingers. Screw the world. I loved this. It resounded with the way I feel. I have felt out of place amongst my peers, mostly because I write poetry. Lol so my faithful companions became the books and what better way to vent than to write.
Balls to the world 😏
Write the next one soon.
I’m glad this resonated with you.
Writing this poem was something I’ve always wanted to say and hoped everyone else in the world can relate and pass on this message to the next generation.
I do understand you and know how it feels to be left out or ignored because one is different, reads books, or writes poetry. They just don’t understand writers like us.
😊
Love this change of style, Charlie!
Thank you.
I’ve been writing the ‘Despondency series’ for a while now. Act 1, 2, 3, 4, and this Wednesday 5. And plenty of more to come. Please stay tune.
I was definitely not expecting that ending! Haha, this is great, thanks for sharing!✨
🙂 The Beginning, middle, & end – just brings everything in a full circle.
This is everything I felt before in my time and can resonate throughout every generation. They will all look at this and relate so much. 🙂
There’s more to come from my ‘Despondency Series’. The next post this Wednesday. Stay tune.
Such an important message! Society values certaib attitudes and pursuits at the expense of others. What comes to mind is how being good at sport is so celebrated, yet being creative and/or intellectual is seen as something..less. it makes me fear for young people especially who are treated as outcasts or are dismissed when actually they just have a different set of strengths.
You make great points.
My family unapproved by the gift of writing I possess. They feel that I might not make it. They’re negative in their approach of telling me. That is why I write because I’m hurt inside and angry. Maybe this is for every generation who feels alone but I’m here listening to everyone.
This is my favorite from the series 😀
Thank you. 🙂
This resonates with everyone and I’m glad it related to you. My close friend and I, are thinking of collaborating and putting my work as a graffiti word art. Don’t know when that would happen, but hopefully soon.
Just when I thought your last post hit home for me, I read this one and I’m just left feeling like I’m reading my own life story! Being an outcast can really suck. People can make us feel like there is something wrong with us because they can’t seem to appreciate and understand who we are. To them, we are “different”, or not “normal”, so we are placed in the reject pile. But I love the attitude that you expressed in this poem and the ending is simply WOW! Third finger salute to those who have a problem accepting people’s differences! Love how you became a voice for all those who have been in this position, Charlie! Well done, my friend! 🙂👏🙌
Thank you very much, Manessah B.
What I wrote is exactly how I wanted everyone else in the world to feel.
A connection to before and future generations
who will look back and re-read this poem and pass it along further.
You and I, share the same feeling of people making us feel uncomfortable
just because we’re different and we think differently.
We all learn lessons in life. Some stick, some don’t. I have always learned more from rejection and failure than from acceptance and success. ~Henry Rollins
You are so very welcome and I admire your determination in wanting to connect with so many people when it comes to the human experience. So many can benefit from your words, my friend.
Love that quote, by the way. Life on the outside isn’t so bad, I think. It’s like being on a mountain somewhere…We have a better view of the world than those who are on the inside. 🙂
Bless your heart so much Manessah B.
My friend and I, are thinking of collaborating together on getting these writings of mine and putting them on graffiti art walls. That way passerby’s can take pictures and say they can relate.
I have done something like this with a friend of mine. She lives in Canada and our collaboration successful. I’ll send you a link later. 🙂
Wow! That sounds super amazing, Charlie! I bet that would be awesome to see your words on graffiti art walls. Graffiti is such a cool way to express and having words that will resonate with so many people added to that is just genius! 🙂
My friend and I, are still working around ideas so I’ll let you know how things progress. 🙂
“We’ll . . . and truly!”
~ An anonymous Dog Whistle
Amen brother. 🙂
A very sweet snub of the normals. I am happy to reside with the outcasts and rejects, mostly artists of all sorts, but not all. ❦
Amen! sister. 🙂
I’m glad you liked this one very much. 🙂
This one come straight from my own heart and experience and for many generations to relate to this poem. 🙂
Brilliant.. I am smiling as I came from a blog post of a book review of The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F**k here at a friend of mine Debbys blog https://dgkayewriter.com/sunday-book-review-subtle-art-giving-fck Sounds a book you would enjoy 🙂 lol.. 🙂
Thank you, Sue. 🙂
I checked out the link you send me.
Yes, this book is something for me and one that I will put on my list of books to buy. 🙂
Brill 🙂