What We Are

Introspection, Outroversion

We are not the sum of our parts
merely the compilation of the experiences that change us
we are what we do with these things,
we are the nightmares we dream,
the secrets we hide,
the lies we hide behind,
smiles frail and frail again,
We are the hopes we crush, we hold, we make with every passing second,
we are the intrinsic, we are the inherent, the unworthy,
the laughs we fake, the pain we mask, the light we bring.
We are the Big Bang, the beginning of all, the end of nothing.

Reviews

[AprilRN1210]

such beautiful simplicity- exquisitely complicated..... the unspoken truth told wonderfully.. I love this..

[Kenneth Compton]

Thanks April! Glad you liked it

[AprilRN1210]

You're very welcome

[Rahul]

we are the nightmares we dream,
the secrets we hide,
the lies we hide behind,
smiles frail and frail again,
We are the hopes we crush, we hold, we make with every passing second....loved this phrase, your words're powerful and real...wonderful write.100/100

[Kenneth Compton]

Thanks for your support! I always am glad when my writing is well received!

[Cole Hayley]

I loveee love love the last line. The whole poem actually.

[Kenneth Compton]

Thanks Cole. We can be so blind to the truths of ourselves, I find it helpful to shine a light on the secrets we keep, especially on the ones we keep from ourselves.

[Hester Vane]

Just wonderful! Constructed so well and full of meaning! Great Job

[lei]

these lines are true;
'we are the nightmares we dream,
the secrets we hide,
the lies we hide behind, '... this is what we are! a powerful write, Kenneth.