I Am My Own Play
A Rondel; Prompted #3 Entry
An Entry for the April Prompted #3 Challenge below:
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This is my life, my tale, my stage.
Do you believe you direct it?
Your control is sourly unfit
to read my lines and turn the page.
.
Your influence is more a cage
that binds my light should I submit.
This is my life, my tale, my stage.
Do you believe you direct it?
.
Keep your place in my tale—backstage.
Your role is where I choose to knit
with woven words I deem befit.
I am my director, my sage.
This is my life, my tale, my stage.
About the Creator
Lindsay Sfara
I'm just a daydreaming nerd writing poetry and fiction about mental health.
Follow my novel journey and more: lindsaysfara.com
"Not all those who wander are lost" - J.R.R. Tolkien
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Comments (8)
So well done, and powerful. Congratulations, Lindsay!
Yes, sister, yes! Well written and impactful. Loved it. Congratulations on a richly deserved second place finish!
So beautiful, forceful and empowering! Everyone who has a narcissistic partner should read that to themselves like a mantra.
Congrats! You won 2nd place in the challenge.
I love this...this is my life, my tale, my stage.
This is lovely. Well done, Lindsay.
Its nice to read about you like this
With this confidence, a lot of people will gather around such a person.