{"sf1_id":1015025,"sf2_id":"yndNB37e","title":"Fur real...","author":"Jiblits","words":344,"posted_at":"2016-05-29T19:45:00.000Z","tags":["Poem","Poetry","Reflections","Short Story","furs"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1015025-fur-real","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/yndNB37e","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/5b/c4/5bc4b0a0-f7ec-404d-95a6-6464f2ece32b","description":"I think I've had my full of stereotypes matching perfectly...I need a break from the fandom...I need normality...","content":"  \n\nFur real...\n\n  \n\nI've never apologized for something expected of me\nI've let my reasonings \u0026 the following actions play out for all to see\n\n  \n\nFriends have died, family has turned a blind eye to the result\n\nI'd rather have been alone while they pretend such following was any different than a cult\n\n  \n\nIt bothers me when other don't see the basics, the reasons to stop talking \u0026 keep walking\n\n  \n\nTheir social understanding is very much non-existent, saddening \u0026 maddening all the same\n\nFor a face clueless, it fills me as another person, with heavy-hearted shame\n\n  \n\nWe grow differently, but share so much\n\nPainful it is others don't learn, don't have the chance for such a mentally caring touch\n\n  \n\nOne-sided, but claiming to see the world round\n\nThe look of doubt they have, what they never realize is deafening to see with no sound\n\n  \n\nI've noticed a sad lacking of such reasoning among friends I call fellow furs\n\nThe fandom has at times, too much for me to stomach in crystal clear reflections\n\n  \n\nTo see, somewhat understanding, different by miles of easily shown neglections\u0026nbsp;\n\n  \n\nHow I wish I could share reasonings with proof to change the numbers staggering in red\n\nThough, I know, such shattering of self-reassured fantasies, delusions, would leave many broken, crying in their bed\n\n  \n\nI have no high hopes for the furry fans world round\n\nI only have expectations of a roller coaster out of control, only stopping when it hits the ground\n\n  \n\nIn this, there's relaxed thoughts for better places\n\nFor now, I cherish however I can, sometimes smiling faces...\n\n  \n\nCheers to those who aren't in the dark claiming bright lights with a single spark\u0026nbsp;\n\n  \n\nDelusions fine for a dream, but life is more than such a moment, a flash of what could of been\n\nI hope to see less shadows from those who walk beside me, who wake, in such a time, maybe I'll see you then...\n\n  \n\n  \n\n---Thanks for reading---\n\n\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; ---Always---\n\n  \n  \n\n"}