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.

[CareyLittle]

You mentioned foster care in your message. I don't know if you or someone you know came from a childhood that included foster care, but I work within the foster care system. I can say from first hand knowledge from working with the kids that many if not all of them have the same identity, trust, and abandonment issues that you express in this writing. For them, it is a life with no true roots, no real family, and no foundation to build their adulthood on.

This writing is very heartfelt and hits very close to home for me. Thank you for sharing it.

[Lydia Shutter]

So much to think about in this intense write. What factors change us and make us who we are? How much control do we actually have over the paths we take and where they take us? The past is our foundation, but often we can rise above the past and create a future that bears little resemblance to that foundation. Your words are well thought out and the poem flowed extremely well. I enjoyed this. Thanks for sharing it with me. Lydia

[Rose]

'the well of hatred' . . . I really like that, that stands out to me

[Wanda S. Paryla]

Indeed we are not who we think we are. But, are most of us even aware of it? I think we get hints of it often throughout our life. It does take years and years for us to find ourselves, and some of us never do, or don't like the truth and just disregard it. How sad for us all. And I agree with what SassySays said, "And yes I truly believe that we are mirrors for the perceptions of others." We are not truly ourselves until we are alone, behind closed doors where we are forced to be ourselves, live with ourselves, entertain only ourselves.

I feel this is a profound piece of work. Very thought-provoking and moving. I love the first and last verses the most as they really evoked emotion. Great job.

[Kristen Rivoli]

I like it.
I love that important words like 'love' and 'understanding' began with capitals to make them stand out more. It helps readers understand what the poem is all about.

[Adel Eyes]

this is thought provolking
flows well
is a good read all together
nice job
Thank you for shareing

[Carole]

You have brought up so many valid points here...so very thought provoking and rich with meaning...

Elapsed time, this I can-not proclaim. (We must not waste time)...I am guilty but I do believe I am on the path God has for me and fulfilling His destiny to leave a "Legacy to our world..."

Without values we have no foundation (Values and morals are everything) True Character is what we are doing when no one is looking...Reputation and the way people see us could be deceiving...

'Thank You'~'I Love you'~'I AppreciateYou'~'I am Truly Sorry'

Are they Truly filled with the meanings they deserve? (I guess for some this would be true. I know I don't speak something I don't mean...)

[Tonya]

Great Write. Very deep prolific thought. If we would step out of judgment, there would be less stress and more life. "I must vanish to know who (you) are" I love the symbolism of (you) placed in parenthesis as to represent that we have a habit of considering others unimportant. I loved this piece.

[Lady_B]

Wow, you really just took and put your soul on display for the good people here to see. I think this is a very profound poem, about knowing who You really are.
Nice work,
~B

[SassySays]

I loved this....it brings to mind many issues we face when trying to determine who we really are, how we came to be the people we've evolved into. How many things that taint us as children are carried over into the way we perceive things as adults...we carry these things over into all of our relationships with others.

Most situations we survive are lessons for us, or blessings to us. Freedom to choose the path we take, and the choices we make, all are based on how we see ourselves.
And yes I truly believe that we are mirrors for the perceptions of others.

The truth is I could write, this response, until I ran out of room....the poem was intriguing, and the emotion behind it ...well I found it haunting, truthful, and painful.....

This piece of poetry is ...well...profound

Thank you for sharing this piece of your soul. - Sharon