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I Walked a Long and Winding Road…
By James
09 July 2006
Well if I tell you I'm bisexual then this poem becomes alot clearer. I think I'm bi anyway, it feels right so I'm going with that. The poem basicly is about trying to find myself and that I rejected it as I believed I had to be what people thought of me, not what I actually was.

Thanks for reading and I look forward to your reviews!!

Written 03-07-2006 and published 09-07-2006 at 21:48:59

I walked a long and winding road to get to where I am today,

I kept my self to my self and kept close ones away,

Until I found courage to confide in a friend,

What I am wasn’t trying to be hip, nor was I following a trend.


In the beginning I thought it was a passing thing,

I didn’t think much of it but unwanted imagination it started to bring,

I got scared; I didn’t know what to do,

So my first instincts were to go tell you.


I rejected who I was; I didn’t want to know,

So

I took back what I said,

Locked it away and my heart just bled.


I was turning my back on who I was,

No other reason but all because,

I wanted people to like me,

But just being me is enough to set me free

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a long and winding road
Written by growingpains (14 comments posted) 9th July 2006
Yes life is a long and winding road, very well put.There is a lot of depth to your poems and a refreshing honesty.Particularly loved the first two lines,that led staight into your feelings,you have a mature insight that sometimes is lacking in people who have been on the long and winding road a long ,long time.I do so agree with the last four lines ,and have spent a lot of my life wanting to be liked and realised that I was actually not living my own life,you have worked out something incredibly significant and important that has taken me many years to fathom, you have a lot to teach us James,please keep writing because I have a lot to learn!

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