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self portrait diptych: A Junior Self-Portrait Diptych by Camila Sol (2011)

I Am. I am distant and reserved. I wonder if you can see through me. I hear my thoughts shatter as they hit the ground. I see shards of glass surrounding me. I want to open up. I am distant and reserved. I pretend to not care about anything. I feel my thoughts invade my mind. I touch the cold stone ground beneath me. I worry I can't get up. I cry, yet remain emotionless. I am distant and reserved. I understand how senseless I Am. I say nothing at all. I dream about meaningless absurdities. I try to let myself go. I hope one day it will show. I am distant and reserved . This poem embodies my inability to voice my thoughts, feelings, and emotions. One side of my diptych shows a bottle filled to the brim with little pieces of paper. The papers represent my thoughts being bottled up, to the point of bursting. The other side shows a shattered bottle on a brick floor, with the pieces of paper exposed and out for everyone to see. The poem addresses my fear of ''feelings invading my mind'' and the frustration I feel by not being able to voice it. The main message I want to convey in this poem is the fact that I can't help but be distant and reserved even though I want to just let myself go.
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