I am..

I am..

A Poem by Tyler J. Dylan

… a degen

A poker player

Planner, postponer, injured

                             My foot doesn’t work

A son, a friend, a co-worker

A receptionnist

I am not free

You cannot be, when you have to be liked

I don’t have a lot of love

You don’t, when you have to be liked

 

A gambler, a hippie

I don’t have style

I’m more of a dog, most of the time

 

A poet, fisherman, anxious

Slightly depressed

Rarely satisfied

 

I’m not a bad person

No one is

Not even Hitler

A lack o knowledge, I guess

 

I’m a neighbor

A slave

Easy to manipulate

If there’s anything I am,

I am afraid

 

I’m not French

I don’t think very highly of myself

I am very hard on myself

 

I like orange juice, with lemon

Tomatoes, cheese, but I’m a vegan

Afraid of bad karma

I live in fear

 

I am in control of my destiny

And I’m wasting my life

Rarely satisfied

Eager to be loved

Lack self-esteem

Mostly expecting the worst

 

I spend most of my time inside

I don’t play music

I don’t paint

I write

                             Sometimes

Most of the time I’m wasting away

                             Anxious

                             Escaping

Dreaming about the future

A future of poker

Portuguese

Writing

Exercising

Traveling to places where I’m already at

 

I am…

… in need of love

© 2016 Tyler J. Dylan


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In your message, it is clear that you are more self-honest than most people. What you reveal in your message is tangible and relatable becuz of this blunt honesty and the courage to convey it without trying to pretty it up much. This poem is obviously about "you" (or some narrator) and this is to be expected, since the title is "I am" . . . but I just gotta say the sum total of all these revelations kinda spells out self-absorption to me. Altho a vivid word portrait, it's a painting of a person I'm not likely to want to cozy up to. Maybe this contributes to the final declaration, which is the most revealing of all.

Posted 8 Years Ago



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Added on May 7, 2016
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