“Nice To Meet You” by Dale Innis on Midjourney
Please Click Play to hear me recite my poem to the music of Angel Canales, “Dos Gardenias
What I Was Too Afraid To Say
The things I held back and never told you then
make my heart beat faster today so many years later
a giddy nervousness starts to take hold of me
when I remember I was too scared to just tell you the truth
How many times in our lives have we censored ourselves
maybe out of embarrassment, insecurity, or to avoid rejection,
to not make a smooth ride more awkward by revealing too much?
Today I’m sorry I didn’t let you know how you affected me.
How just your voice, I could listen to all night,
how your mind worked, your sensitivy was on display.
Rare a man that is so sure of himself to let his guard down,
just minutes after saying “Hello, I really wanted to talk to you “
Well I felt that way too, it was so easy, almost urgent to be honest
and yet all these lights going off I tried to extinguish, put them out…
just so I would not have to think on what could come next,
and what that might mean in the bigger picture of our lives.
I felt thrilled to meet you, few nowadays at this age, make me say that.
I have my friends, tried and true, years I have polished them, my jewels,
but you were so new… so very new, and I was caught off guard all night
I really wanted to dance, but I had no right to ask, and glad that moment passed.
As it has all turned it, well it feels so right,
today we are good transparent friends,
and, hopefully for the rest of our lives.
Karima Hoisan
September 15th (Independence Day 🇨🇷)
Costa Rica 🇨🇷
Digital Rabbit Hole 
“Your expression is amazing, sir. I really liked the way you conveyed these feelings.”😇😇💫💫🧲🧲
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Thank you Jaskaran for visiting my blog and listening to this poem.. I am glad you enjoyed my expression but actually, I am a woman:) not a Sir…I just have a very deep voice:) Thank you again for commenting.
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A beautiful small story; another deeply personal but universal feeling. And another amazing voicing over a lyric track. 🙂 You just keep them coming!
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Thank you so much Dale…I’m at the stage where I am inspired to “set things straight’ just honesty and transparecy over fear…it feels wonderful:)
The person who I had in mind when I wrote this, now…. already knows
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Beautifully expressed Karima ❤️
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Thank you Maggie, so happy you think so…I tried my best:) 🙏
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My pleasure always Karima ❣️🙏
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Very appreciated my friend 🙏
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I think your voice turns everything you say into poetry. You could recite the dictionary, and that would sounds good.
~David
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Wow…*also smiling imagining myself juggling a big dictionary with my microphone* thank you David for saying that 🙏🌹🙏
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I mean – don’t get me wrong! I love the poem!
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Aww I love your comment(I know what you meant David:)
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Una situación difícil, compleja para dilucidar en ese momento. Pero ni modo. Lo decidiste así. Se ve que, poco a poco, lo fuiste superando y al final, no fue siendo una preocupación que te angustió o limitó tu vida. Tu voz y la canción de fondo, dieron vida a tu poema. Bien por tu exquisita inspiración Karima.
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Muchas gracias Manuel, y exactamente fué así..En el largo camino mi decision de retirarme por atrås era más sabia. En este momento , nosotros, más allá que amigos hubier causado problemas para nos dos. Sin embargo, es lindo para recordar este momento de vaivén..de incertidumbre y sentirme que sí decidimos corectamente:) A mi me encanta esta canción y aún más este versión de Angel Canales. Me alegro que te hayan gusdo el poema y la musica Manuel…Gracias por tu apoyo siempre🙏💕
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Fue la actitud correcta de tu parte. Lo que escribes y tu voz, son música para mis oídos. Un abrazo.
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Si lo creo y tu elogia es música para mi oídos también. Que tenga muy una semana muy linda!
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Gracias Karima.
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delightful, well said … interesting to recite to a song, awesome!
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Aww thank you Kate:) So happy you enjoyed it! Yes, these situations are very interesting and one hopes, looking back, that the right decision was made:)
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there is no way of ever knowing, that’s what makes us human 🙂
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Love the combination of the music and your poem. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
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Muchas gracias Sadje for this comment and all your support. I love that song and it just seemed to fit. So glad you agree:):)
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You’re most welcome 🤗
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Very well expressed we cn all look back and find moments like these.
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Thank you and I agree. These moments are very universal. At this stage in my life, I am going back and rectifying that. I think it’s nice to let them know even decades later, they weren’t crazy what they were perceiving:)
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A lovely way of expressing personal feelings, Karima! Your deep voice made it more meaningful. Somehow I found it a bit relatable.:)
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Thank you Kaushal and I think it is a fairly common situation. Self censoring can keep us from saying what we feel. I am glad you felt it relatable. I have never written about this situation before.
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I appreciate your thoughts, Karima. You’re welcome 🙏💐
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