attention whore
that i am
posting for the validation
for the thrill
of approval
ignoring the potential for art
focusing on the eyes on me
naked
exposed
receptive
validate me
approve of me
love me
heidi
written: 11/18/13
Sometimes, I write something and all I can think about it is that I may have wasted my youth being a "good girl." Other times I think that my counselor would probably make some sort of deal about this.As for this poem, I think both of these things.
that i am
posting for the validation
for the thrill
of approval
ignoring the potential for art
focusing on the eyes on me
naked
exposed
receptive
validate me
approve of me
love me
heidi
written: 11/18/13
Sometimes, I write something and all I can think about it is that I may have wasted my youth being a "good girl." Other times I think that my counselor would probably make some sort of deal about this.As for this poem, I think both of these things.
ha. i think at times, yes, we are attention whores...
ReplyDeletewhy post online for everyone to see...some people do the same with being published
its all fleeting...i like the interaction...the connection as much as the writing...smiles.
you may be better off having been a good girl...i played both sides of that fence a bit....
Hey Brian! I like the connections too, but I really do like the attention. The desire to be bad comes and goes.
DeleteThis reminds me of a New Yorker cartoon. A mother is showing her little girl the diary she wrote as a child and the daughter says, "But why write it if nobody else is reading?"
ReplyDeleteGood poem, we fall prey to our insecurities!
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