My Potential

Lost in the finite
Potential of my own
Making.

To petty to be perfect,
To perfect to be
Loved.

No way to find balance.

Lost because
I get in my own
Way.

Fed up with the lack
Of substance in
My life.

I am everything
and nothing.

All in one raged breath.

Complete control
Total chaos.

There is no Yin,
No Yang.
Just me.

No balance,
One extreme or
Another.

A few may know,
but less truly see.

The lost potential...

Potential of me.

N. Strong

Reviews

[Steve]

This is a really great write, really reveals the inner chaotic workings of ones self, trying to find that utopia within, that elusive balance that just isn't there ... 'all in one raged breath' as you say.

Fantastic from the opening line in, simple yet so effective, almost devestating in a way.

A great piece!

[The Elder]

I love this. It expresses my feelings perfectly though I
have never been able to express them so well.
A great write.

[Demosthenes]

I could appreciate the sentiments here.

[O!]

Very beautifully written. Im glad i picked this poem out to read....
To (too) petty to be perfect,
To (too) perfect to be
Loved.

Sometimes we give love more merit than it deserves.....

All i can say is find that potential and love urself for being blessed with the gifts u do have....not lost..but hidden away.....

I loved this write...am putting it into my favourites.

x,
O!

[Twinschoice]

When I read your poem, My Potential, I felt like I could see right into your heart...so well written. I loved it. When I read your words "A few may know, but less truly see"--it brought back a personal memory to me--and I just loved the way you wrote that.

[B. Lapinski]

life is a balance. a balance of one...nothing else.there are the evils...there are the goods..you have made me contemplate my own existance for some reason. we are... we are...for what reason

[Joseph - Michael]

It's a really sad writing piece you got there. All I can say is that there some few things that need some of the adjusting, but no need for that since it's a prose poem

Anyway, it's all still good, so no worries...