{"id":3060,"date":"2025-02-17T12:42:36","date_gmt":"2025-02-17T12:42:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/walkingshadowpoetry.com\/blog\/?p=3060"},"modified":"2025-02-17T13:27:23","modified_gmt":"2025-02-17T13:27:23","slug":"what-you-carry-can-make-you-a-target-spoken-word-by-walking-shadow-poetry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/walkingshadowpoetry.com\/blog\/what-you-carry-can-make-you-a-target-spoken-word-by-walking-shadow-poetry\/","title":{"rendered":"What You Carry Can Make You a Target | Spoken Word by walking shadow poetry."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

They say,
“Stay in your lane,”<\/em>
“Don’t dream too big,”<\/em>
“Be humble, don\u2019t shine too bright.”<\/em>
But what they really mean is this:
Don\u2019t make them uncomfortable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See, when you carry something rare,
when your hands hold gold,
when your mind births ideas
that the world has never told,
you don\u2019t just walk unseen.
Instead, you become a target.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Think about the creative; the one who paints visions
before the world even sees the colors.
Consider the poet who speaks what others only feel,
the singer whose voice breaks through pain,
the dancer who moves like freedom.
And don\u2019t forget the dreamer,
the one who builds what they can\u2019t yet touch.
They all know; oh, they know
that carrying a gift isn\u2019t just a blessing;
at times, it\u2019s also a burden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why? Because when you create,
you expose.
You stand out.
You make people question their limits.
And not everyone welcomes that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a result, you\u2019ll be misunderstood.
They\u2019ll call it luck,
they\u2019ll call it a phase,
they\u2019ll say “it\u2019s not that deep.”<\/em>
They\u2019ll tell you to get a real job,
to follow the safe road,
to stop wasting time on things that don\u2019t pay yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But here\u2019s what they don\u2019t see:
The late nights, the overthinking, the self-doubt.
The way you pour yourself into your work
like ink into pages,
like sweat into stages,
like hours into skills that nobody claps for yet.
They don\u2019t see the way your heart breaks
when they don\u2019t get it,
when they scroll past,
when they laugh instead of listen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And maybe you\u2019ve felt it too
that urge to shrink,
to dim the light,
to be less so they don\u2019t feel small.
Maybe you\u2019ve thought about quitting,
about laying it down,
about choosing easy over excellence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But listen closely:
What you carry is not random.
Your gift? It\u2019s a calling.
Your vision? It was placed inside you for a reason.
And yes, gifts attract attention,
but they also attract opposition.
Because not everyone will clap.
Some will compete.
Some will criticize.
Some will plot against you
because your shine makes their shadows feel darker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even so, here\u2019s the truth:
You weren\u2019t made to blend in.
You weren\u2019t made to be safe.
You weren\u2019t made to silence yourself
just because your voice makes others nervous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So instead, stand tall.
Write the words.
Sing the song.
Paint the picture.
Create the thing
they don\u2019t yet know they need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because the same fire that makes you a target?
That\u2019s the fire that will set the world ablaze.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And when they ask, “Who do you think you are?”<\/em>
Tell them: Exactly who I was made to be.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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