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.

[Steven Hicks]

That was very interesting, it does bring thoughts to your mind and make you question certain details about yourself. I enjoyed reading it. People now days do loose sight of who they are and a lot of people don't even care about who they are. People who read this though, will question and long to know themselves. Good job, people need to hear these words.

[Charisma Moonfairy]

I am impressed and can only wish I could write this well. Keep up the wonderful work for you have intrigued me immensely

[Jazypoet]

Legacy.....

Loved the poem. It was very inspirational and moving; great inspiration for me to start the New Year.

Jazyp

[Tara]

Wow this is amazingly and very well written. You express your feelings with flair and wisdom. How easier to write them down then to say them..
You really did a great job on this piece.
Especially with making our brains and minds think about some things. You are a great writer keep on writing and thanks for sharing and also letting me know about the poem.
Tara

[Taj Sonchai]

Welcome you deep thinker you.....I'm all about knowing one's self. To know one's self is the true path to enlightenment. To know one's self is to experience others, their friendship, their love, their loathing, their smells, their touch, their kiss, their sex, their gaze, their punch, their cooking, their personality, their thinking and so forth to experience whom you are not. We learn more through experience than through any other way.These findings define who we are and are not. The Buddhist philosophers all agree with the saying "To know others is wise, but to know one's self is enlightenment."

[Robb Bryner]

Legacy,

Thank you for letting me know you had posted this piece. You really do hit the nail on the head . Too often we spend our time in judgment of other, when that magnifying glass should be pointed at ourselves instead.

I really enjoy the works you post and again I thank you for sharing.

Robb

[Windsong]

I can't always express myself with words, but with actions I am able. You seem to have the idea that the past can't make us who we are, or am I misinterpreting?? I believe that my past has held priceless experiences for me that have shaped Who I Am. But, I believe that I can change that with the future.

Thanks for sharing this. It is deep and truly heartfelt. I hope I understood it correctly, but we all think differently. ^^

Great write,
~Windsong~

[Sheryl Torr-Brown]

This is a moving poem and one that resonates with me. I believe in the quest for validation that we all seek, and feel it at the heart of these words. Growing up with contradictions that prevented a secure sense of self, I have been looking to understand myself and the others for many years. This poem is complex and thoughtful, with much to be considered. I'll be thinking about it for a while...

[Kjpicturesamoment]

There is only one word that comes to mind when I read this...BREATHLESS. It's been a very long time since something has touched so close to home for me..this speaks my very existence right now. So, for this I thank you suga'..I seriously thank you. There's no price for this...so savor the moment for you and for me!

[Dyrt]

This lends into my dilemma of leaving my job and moving to New Mexico and I think if I had spent a little more time inside of myself instead of worrying so much about others I would be in a proper mind set to make such a decision. Alas I am not and I fight myself everyday because of it. Thank You I feel like I read this for a reason and I appreciate your work.