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.

[Eme Savage]

Very nice. I love the flow and subtle context beneath the words. A very thought provoking piece. :)

[*~Poetic_Essence~*]

wow that was amazing..being honest to ourselves is always hard cuz no one wants to believe bad things about themselves...
"Facing our Fears � Is all, but a mirror image
One we refuse to see - one we refuse to acknowledge?

[DiamondNRough AKA Patty..]

Awsome just awsome...Many times we are defined by who we think others want us to be...We have to be true to ourself in order to know who we are.

[Veni]

This couldn't be more true. People really do say things a lot, and most of the time, don't really mean it. And I completely agree with everything that Bailey Ann had to say. This definatly left me wondering. Who do we really think we are?

[Madonna Starr]

This was an amazing piece... I often find that people define who they are based on someone else && if they read this piece they would realize that they have to look inside && be truly content before they can define who they are... To me this piece speaks wonders and makes me think twice about decisions I've made and opens a window to a brighter future... Excellent work!

[Inkz]

Wow its deep, gets one thinking and asking those questions we always seem to miss asnweres to.

[Tesla]

There are many deep and insightful messages contained within this poem. In fact, the first time I read it I was impressed, but also overwhelmed. If I were the poet I may consider breaking this poem into smaller poems that each clarify a theme. Or I may consider using this poem as an introduction to an anthology of poems that build off the themes of this poem. Overall, the poem is good. Thank you for sharing :)

[Merenda Morris]

WoW if i were an over analytical person i'd immediately say that the poem was complex but i'm not. To me this poem shouldn't be taken so literally, that's when it looses it's essence that feeling of longing for a dream that was made prominent in the past by people who really believed in it are being overlooked.

The last line really stuck out to me the most...i know im probably way too simple but i did'nt take it as if the author wanted to run away from problems but wanted to go back to a certain time where things had more meaning....

maybe i'm completly wrong in my analysis but in a way i found this poem refreshing.

[Janay Kimble]

I have this quote posted by my computer: "There is poetry as soon as we realize we possess nothing" - John Cage. These words help me to simplify life, and at the same time dwell in the realm of transcendental
thinking, seeking truth, justice, happiness, hope, love, all the abstracts that poets must somehow bring to a concrete reality for others who cannot dwell in this place with us. Your legacy has already begun.

[Jordan Avechuco]

that was prettygood