Know Who You Are

Is this a possibility... in Knowing Who We Are, do you think we should take the time to understand others, before investing in our own?

Understanding who we are?

As a young child I was faced with many circumstances which stretched ‘who I was’ at an age when baseball, snowballs and candy should have consumed me.

 

How are we to assist, teach or even lend a hand to another or for that matter given the right when we truly do not understand who we are?

Do we lend an ear?  Or just keep Talking?

Understanding Who We Are, could this expose us for who we truly are?

 

The future moves into the past…

 

 

Know Who You Are

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Facing our Fears – Is all, but a mirror image

One we refuse to see - one we refuse to acknowledge?

 

I claim no acceptance in fostering appreciation

Encompassing emotions, other than my own

Elapsed time, this I can-not proclaim.

 

Guilty I am… Immersing ‘my being’ in the past

The lifting of boundaries (through Love and Understanding)

Offered in abundance… “This eludes me.”

 

Where have we lost such pluralisms in life?

Why do we wish to ex-change the reflections of who we are?

 

Without values we have no foundation

Our future should not, and must not, be transmogrified

(Because of our past)

 

Eyes of first impressions lost in judgment

Casting of shadows, tossing blame

Why must we quench our thirst from the well of hatred?

Who are we to judge without knowledge, or out of fear?

  

Thoughts become nothing more than reflections

History will - recall voices within our diverse past

 

When we really speak the words ‘Thank You’ ‘I Love You’ ‘I ‘Appreciate You’ ‘I am Truly Sorry’ are they really filled with the meanings they deserve?

A message conveyed or perhaps ‘lesson to be learned’

 

Looking back – moving forward

Beyond Cognition, reflections now dissolved

 Image of another becomes clear

I must vanish to…

Know Who {You} Are…

  

© 2007 Legacy

Reviews

[Bailey Ann]

Wow, it leaves me thinking of a lot of questions I have to ask myself. And you're right, why are we still so teribly prejudice, always angry and upset over the silliest little things. And I totally agree with Demyra there that sometimes we say things like I love you without even thinking it. I know I do it all the time, mostly to friends and family but I say it so that, should anything ( Goddess Forbid) happen to either of us, they know that they were loved.

[Whiles]

a very very true problem.

[justjenn_2u]

Sometimes reaching out and trying new things helps us to find out who we are.

Guilty I am� Immersing 'my being' in the past

The lifting of boundaries (through Love and Understanding)

Offered in abundance� "This eludes me." This is interesting. Where you are guilty of immersing yourself into the past, I fear to look back into my past. Actually, the fact that you can look into your past, shows strength.

The verse: When we really speak the words 'Thank You' 'I Love You' 'I 'Appreciate You' 'I am Truly Sorry' are they really filled with the meanings they deserve? I think on this subject, there are so many false words that float out of people's mouths. You hit the nail on the head!

[Shorty]

I totally love this poem you written. Every one should read this poem and thik of the meanings. I liked what you said about wiith out values there is no foundation. Good common sence too. Im not good at reviewing but I really do love your work.

[Raven: The Thought Hole]

Hey,
I like the ideas in this poem, they are things that we all think about and question ourselves at some point, but often forget about them and need to be reminded with poems such as this.

I don't like the form of the poem though. To me, it's choppy. Great ideas, I just think it would be even more beautiful if you made it flow better.

[TamerQtaish]

Well written and with many words that enter the vortex of the brain with questions filling the cells! I totally loved this peace, keep it up bro, you sure know what you write about...

All the best,
Tamer Qtaish

[A.r. Bazian]

many concepts for what we are...and so many perspectives!
as you may look upon it through understanding the entity and essence of humans and humanity, you may look upon in through perspectives of your own entity... and of course as you've said... through other whom are around you... many other paths of for us to take... and the judgment they make.. its not their mistake...
we raise our children in fear of whats different...and judgment is only a way to establish basis of security...
our fear of what we dont understand...
i am 100% with you... but if we just keep talking about why we judge ppl... we'll never get somewhere... unless we start changing the system... and the mentalities... its all emptiness!

[-Adam-]

I agree with you through out this entire piece. People do worry so much about what other people think, that they forget who thry really are. You make a very good point in your poem. The lines "eyes of impression lost in judgement casting of shadows, tossing balme" are two lines with very much power and emotion. Great work!

[Gl Giles]

I'm reminded of teachers who taught me that Values and Beliefs are frequently just Thoughts held over a long period of time, so what you continuously think becomes your belief. Great poem...we can choose what we want to be, and that's a wonderful gift. Subconscious programming may be hard to eradicate though, but it can be done:-)) Thanks for sharing!!

[Nykkiicia Cion]

This is a favourite of mine for a few reasons. The most obvious is that you write well. :). The subject, too, has me interested. It not only makes you think, but it makes you question whether or not one can transcend (refuse to drink from the well of hate). Knowing who you are has alot to do with being honest with yourself...most people keep themselves in denial...everyone wants to think they are 'not so bad'. This piece challenges us to be better, to identify our weaknesses, to 'know who (we) are'. I also find interesting the flow and melody of the piece...it deserves another reading!

[Amanda]

this is the truth. how can we understand others if we cannot understand who we really are? our past is always reflected in our present, but if we don't learn from what mistakes we have made in that past, how are we to judge others?

it is always wrong to me, to judge others by the prejudices and misconceptions of a world that cannot possibly be right. one has to stop and 'look' on the inside and not just what's on the outside cover, but to do that, one has to look on the inside of one's self to know what is right and true.

the words we say to each other are equally important. too often, we are just offering 'lip service' to the words that are really important and don't give the feeling and meaning that they truly deserve.

this poem has a lot of truth and meaning behind it and anyone who read it and doesn't take it to heart, doesn't really care about themselves or others.

thanks Legacy. Amanda