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.

[The Bard Of Flournt]

When did ambiguity become not only a literary device, but the only one needed to be hailed as a poetic genius?

I don't really like it at all. The direct, head on, existential crisis thing is way too overdone and I don't see anything in here that really jumps out at me.

Sure, you might be able to relate to it, but any fool who's had a single pensive moment can as well. That's like me writing "Breathing, air in, air out. What a sound does it make, hushed blowing, wind through a fall forest. And this near-silence allows us to make the greatest noises in the world." Who can't relate to that (well, except for fish)?

I'll say it again, it's a banal concept and idea, I don't like it.

[Valorie J. Shearer]

Your words comepetely moved and consumed me! Held mr captivated from word one.. Coming from a child of violence and incest I absolutely agree, we must know who we are; with all of our baggage, issues, etc. We are survivors 1st and foremost! We are here, and have a voice for those who do not! I am on board, and say we must break the proverbial chain! End the violence against those who have no voice.. Take care~~~

[Jacqueline]

This piece is a challenge for us to do some soul searching and to truly figure out what makes us tick, what drives us and what makes us do what we do. I had to exhale after reading your words because the very essence of your poem is something we, as a whole tend to take for granted. We just "know" there's a tomorrow to make a change ro to correct a wrong. I feel humble reading your work. It blows the mind.

[Lauren]

Wow. I can't believe it. This is such an amazing piece of work that I don't even know where to begin.
"Looking back � moving forward
Beyond Cognition, reflections now dissolved
Image of another becomes clear
I must vanish to�
~ Know Who {You} Are ~"

This has to be my favorite part. It's just... so great! I'll stop now because my words will only ruin the image you have created in this masterpiece.

[Robert Luna]

This was a piece of realism one of those moment when thoughts become actions. Really well done Sir

[Kryptonite]

I love this poem because we can all relate.

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Ooo, awesome poem. Great words here. Truly, one must look deep from within and try to decipher what kind of soul they are. Truly a very complex job in doing so.

Excellent Write!

Mikey

[Fran Marie]

An excellent write with a wonderful message within~Well DonE!~Fran Marie

[Legion]

It is a finite chance to find someone that can truly see themselves as they are. It takes a great skill to do this and cast aside the trappings of life, not letting those images create a mirage that is believable. This is a great poem and a message we should all follow. I really loved the ending.