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Jun 08
poem 3 comments challenge: YWP is...
Nightheart

YWP

Editor's Note: YWP needs your help! We're gathering your thoughts on what Young Writers Project means to you for a campaign to sustain and grow this amazing, creative space for young writers and artists! If YWP has had an impact on your life, please respond to our    "YWP Is ..." challenge.

 YWP is a place where
(only a couple) 
people know me,
and i'm comfortable with that,
i'd rather hide under a mask than 
have people know when they read,
who i am, 
where i come from 
and all things in between.

YWP is a place where
no one judges 
(okay, well maybe we do,)
but we never tell others 
that they can't do it,
or ever bring them down,
they are free to express their feelings
(however they see fit.)

YWP is a place where
you can always know that 
there are people who support you
(always, even if you feel alone in real life)
even if they don't know who you are,
a community of people who 
hold each other up with
the fine thread of words
(dangling) from the tips of their pens.

YWP is a place where 
you can share your thoughts
(however trivial or deep they might be)
and expect someone to pay attention,
someone to feel the same way you do, 
all the nightmares that you never (ever)
told anyone about,
you can spill out and let them darken 
the page, because we all know
that it's better to let things go
that bottle them up
(until they explode)

YWP is a disguise,
a second skin that
you can slip on when 
you feel the world is too much,
when you need to scream where
people can hear you,
(where people understand) 
and you can write up a storm without 
anyone ever knowing 
that you are you.
(no one in school will ever say
'hey, you're that writing kid,
aren't you?') 

YWP is a home
(without walls,
without roof,
without doors,)
that makes you feel so good
to be there,
to write there,
to see all the people that 
love the (almost the same)
thing as you,
in all their shapes (and colors).

YWP is mine
and yours
(and all of ours).

YWP is a 
gift.
(that just keeps on giving)

YWP is everything. 
 

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Posted: 06.08.18
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"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion"- Albert Camus
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  1. ShanRippWriting
    Jun 11, 2018

    The lines, "YWP is a home
    (without walls,
    without roof,
    without doors,)
    that makes you feel so good
    to be there," really got me. This made me so happy, Shannon :)

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  1. gg
    Jun 12, 2018

    Nightheart,

    I can't tell you how much fun it has been to get to know you, to watch your voice grow, your ideas expand. Thank you.

    To me, this poem says so much about YWP in such a unique way. This stanza was particularly powerful for me,:

    "YWP is a place where
    you can always know that
    there are people who support you
    (always, even if you feel alone in real life)
    even if they don't know who you are,
    a community of people who
    hold each other up with
    the fine thread of words
    (dangling) from the tips of their pens."

    So glad.

    gg

    YWP founder. Current work: Instagram, Mastodon and https://geoffreygevalt.com
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  1. adalet
    Jun 18, 2018

    Your language is so descriptive- i love the lines "YWP is a disguise,/a second skin that/you can slip on when /you feel the world is too much,/when you need to scream where/people can hear you,". Also your whole idea really resonates with me- YWP is also a place for me where my voice is my own but also isn't associated with me. You really capture the essence of what YWP is.

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