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.

[KrisK]

Thank you for reflecting, sharing, and speaking wonderment that we all need to question. It was concise, powerful, and will resonate for some time.

[Roderick J. Lizardo]

This is great. You're writing is easy to digest in meaningful ways, I hope to get to you're level someday! How should I practice?

[Sunni Davis]

Very inspiring and empowering poem! I too went through alot as a child that stretched and pulled me. It took me years to discover who I was. I really enjoyed this poem. Thank you for writing it.

[Jessica]

Wow!
I definitely am thinking a lot about myself now. You write beautifully :).

[BaronofBallads]

I loved this. there is so much in the simple text, then once you get deeper into it, it moves you. Thanks for sharing

[暗い雪..]

I've often asked myself a lot of these questions, you're not alone. I like the constant questioning, like an interrogation. I also like the theme of using the past to move into the future. Great poem!

[Krystal Nicole]

Very strong and passionately written. I loved the power in the poem. Great job!!

[lisameryl]

This is thoughtprovoking and powerful verse...what a pleasure it is breathing in your words and emotions...leaves me with many questions in my own heart and soul. It's time for more soul searching on my part. EXCELLENT write!!

[Alicia Hirshey]

I absolutely fell in love reading this. It leaves me with a lot of questions about myself. Great write.

[Jake Erkens]

Hmm...interesting structure for a 'poem'. I don't spot any poetic device, really, other than metaphors and few similes. The subject matter, though, is particularly a good one, making us all stop for a moment to think on ourselves.

Nice write!