WHO ARE YOU ?

I pushed and pried, but no one new.

WHO  ARE  YOU  ?

 

Funny you should ask

I asked a guy once

Ruined his entire day

Then he got mad

He thought he knew the way

 

Being an Engineer it seems

Entitled him to work it out

He would just run a screen

Of all the possibilities

 

Why I`m an Engineer

For all that`s plain to see

There`s math and calipers

And sums

That's me, not some bum

 

When another guy was asked

He said you must know

I write stuff for the papers

I`m a writer plain as can be

What else ?

 

Oh, I`m a Christian

See, here`s my book

I always read it just before

She gives me a dirty look

 

Awww!  Let`s find out just who you are

I`m a fat girl she said

Did`nt you see my picture

Everybody knows because there I am

 

Oh, but I`m a blonde another said

They joke about my empty head

On and on, I pushed and pried

Until I finally broke down and cried

 

You are who you are

The famous man once said

Just a category and a place in line

Do you think we`ll ever really know

A look, a thought, a phrase, or nought

I know, I know !  A place in time.

 

------- Eagle Cruagh

Reviews

[hgfhfghf]

I love how who people are in this writing is based off of their job and what they look like, and not their personality or anything because that's so true with people today. People Only make who they are out of what they do or what they succeed in. Now even though that's a way to become a better you, how you look and your job does not define you. I like this, a lot. :]

[shythatway]

Interesting. I would have thought that most people would just say their name first, when asked this question. And what is in a name? Same conclusion? Not really. I have a wider thought on this, but it's not fully developed yet.

[emmajoy]

Fine piece of moralising in this, a discovery that we are what we are not, but, what we appear to be, standing in this moment until .. ..

You've used people's jobs as tools of proof, used their words as oaths.. but you know none of that matters .. we are what we are in a place of time, a plane of instance.

It's a while since i read any of your work, and, I'm still impressed. Thank you for sharing.

[Pratibha]

this is so true....we get lost in our own world of degrees and start identifying our true selves....for example,I can never imagine myself not being a doctor....
but in reality, who I am ?
Am I a good human being, a good mother, a good person?
I think this counts and not what we gain due to our profession....any activity we engage in selflessly defines us....the real us

[Meredith Leigh]

I love how easch stanza was a new thing to talk about. I thoguht it was a very interesting poem, I liked the flow it had, and the feeling it gave me after reading.

Nice work!!

- Kriss

[Liza]

Very pleased with this piece - so often we try to label who we are with what we do...

instead we just are...at this moment - present

I love how you framed this.

[Lady leah]

very nicely penned write, thought provoking piece.

[just is]

Wow! awesome, good question too! another amazing write from you

[Debra Stevens Edwards (..]

This ask a question that many search to find the answer too. For me the answer is I'm a Jill with many a skill, but not
one of them is who I am. This is a wonderful example of one of the journey of life. Thought provoking and well stated question. God bless.
Hugs Debby