• joy submitted a contest entry to Group logo of Write a poem or letter about one way you feel misunderstoodWrite a poem or letter about one way you feel misunderstood 2 months, 4 weeks ago

    Pluto

    What is one phrase to describe your life?
    Misunderstood

    The constant expansion of the universe
    A little Pluto stuck within the midst of it
    Am I important enough to be a planet?
    Yes
    No
    Yes again
    No once more

    My head snapping tracing the never concluding question and it’s answers
    My heart snapping at the reality
    Warm liquid dripping from my eyes

    The constant weeping breaking the unstable euphoric episode that lasted for months
    Like a broken clock
    Don’t bother asking me the time
    You know I can’t read the signs

    Sent away to get help
    “For the sake of you”
    But I see the look in your eyes that screams
    “For the sake of me”

    Because it hurts you to see me like this
    But do you understand how much it hurts me to be like this?

    Now I’m stuck
    The medicine blocking the tears
    Shaking in my soul as I become robotic

    I’m so sorry I’m tired
    I’m sorry I fell asleep first
    I’m sorry, it’s my fault
    But I’m better this way right?

    All of this is worth the lack of a fight
    Little Pluto you’re not a planet anymore
    So stay quiet
    Shove the little pill down your throat
    And quiet down
    You’re giving me a headache

    So I did and now I’m no longer seen
    How this truth rips my light out of my flesh
    And leaves me a cold lumpy rock
    No longer prolific enough to be something important

    Swallowed through the universes expansion
    Now I’m gone

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    Voting ends June 23, 2025 11:59pm

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    • Joy, I’ve never given much thought to how Pluto might feel until I read your poem. For its very existence as a planet to be questioned and bounced back and forth throughout recent times seems traumatic, and if your experience has been similar, then my heart goes out to you. I hope that you never let anyone make you question your worth. Thank you for sharing your experience!

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