I may not wear a face paint
but I know that I'm game.
I wear colourful shirts
as that's connected to my name.
I'm not going to sacrifice for others
any part of myself
as we're all unique
so I'll honour...My True Self.
So if I AM LIKED...or LOVED,
Let it be because of me
and not a make-believe version;
So see me...see Love, a Joker, a Clown...but not a bee.
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With Love and Clarity,
J44
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Nafis Light (
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- Comment from author about the poem: The title is something that I internally shout consistently in regards to applying something new and better. After applying it, somewhat...things are changing to be better...it's just unexpected. The poem is about myself saying that I'll Be True To Myself...and to see me as Love, a Joker, a Clown, but not a bee...means to see me as something that I am, not as something that I am not.
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The trouble with being a clown - and believe me i am writing this from self knowledge - is that people are all too aware of the "tears of a clown" syndrome. To most the clown is a facade behind which resides what? - well they just don't know do they. That can be a barrier.
You and me are living proof that behind our jokey clown exterior resides a sensitive personality with all kinds of talent that we are maybe rather too shy to show to the world in general.... hence we adopt a clown facade.
I hope i'm not too far off the mark.
Never thought about that syndrome and never knew about it.
I read articles like Clown Care (hospital clowning) and the websites like http://www.hospitalclown.com/ which shows like Clowning is an amazing thing that even helps everyone (like clowns doing humanitarian work)...and all those positive attributes/characteristics that I really am attracted to.
I saw clowns in public before (rarely) but never thought of that syndrome...only that it's a happy and exciting thing.
Perhaps in a way, a Clown is a role model or something.
In a way, I do have a feeling that you're not too far off the mark.
At the same time, I have this sense that it enhances what I can do for myself and for others...so there's meaning in that for myself.
Thanks JOKER for sharing your true self in this revealing Poem ! I agree about BEES they are paradoxical ! Funny in their Rugby Shirts and produce a perfect sweetner (HONEY) but always (when you least expect it) a sting in the tail ! Clowns are not like that ! In the main they are WYSIWYG ! When one strips off the paint ~ the costume ~ the hat & wig and size 20 shoes ther is a Guy or Gal who really wants to make people laff ~ by fair means ~ jokes or foul (a froth gun etc). I work in FE & HE and there is plenty of opportunity to be KEN DODD (I am a Scouser) How else can you teach Science to Apprentice Hairdressers without a few JOKES and FUNNY DEMONSTRATIONS ~ I love to make them LAFF !
A teacher once wrote on my report *His tendancy to act soft will be his undoing !* and it often has. But I would rather die laffing and making others laff than being known as *A Miserable Bu**er* Laff and the World Laffs with you ~ Cry and you soon lose your audience. I getting lots of nice cards (and presents !) @ Chistmas from my Students saying Im the FUNNIEST TEACHER they have ever had ! I take that asa complement !
KEEEEEEEEP CLOWNING !
Yours BRIAN & ANGELA
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A fine write J. I thought bees don't sting much, or else they die, unlike wasps. I wouldn't mind being a bee, but not a wasp!
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