Who Am I?

A poem of internal searching...

Who is she?

Who is this girl sitting with pen and paper,

Writing words of her own,

and words of others?

Who is she?

She who spies on conversations,

writes her depressions,

using words of rhyme and death mixed with passion

She is I.

I am a writer,

I am a poet,

I am human like you.

I breathe...I bleed...I need...

My needs may be different,

Just as yours are from mine.

Who am I?

I search my soul,

You search my eyes and my work

I look for the answer to the question "Who am I"

I have found...

I am a writer,

I am a poet,

I am human like you

I breathe...I bleed...I need...

so...

         Soo... how are we different?

Do I write like you?

No.

Do I talk like you?

No.

Do I feel like you?

No.

Therefore, I am who I am...

I am a unique individual,

I am a poet.

So... Who is she?

She is I

         and you are you

Together, in harmony, we make the world.

Together, in harmony, let us bring peace.

With your words and mine,

This world may be divine.

Who am I?

Who am I?

at times I do not even know...That is me.

I am that girl,

sitting with paper and pen,

Sitting with a blackened rose,

whose stem is full of thorns,

I am that girl,

sitting and cryin' with bleeding fingers.

Drip...

Drop...

Blood flows as life does...

Do you feel it?

Can you touch it?

Do you feel the soul of yourself dripping in your blood?

I do...That is who I am... I am my soul-- waiting to be set free.

Reviews

[Siddartha Beth Pierce]

Great write - to ponder who we are in relation to others truly is a hard thing to do. You have expressed this simply and elegantly. Thank you to S.P. Vaporis for sharing this with me. I truly enjoyed reading this. Thank you for sharing so much of yourself in this wonderful work.
Light,
Siddartha

[Chiquita]

This is a very telling tale of who you are. You identify yourself as a writer over and over. You have seen yourself and you are expressing yourself. Nice work.

[Jessica Benfield]

absolutely beautiful. i loved the depression, sadness and mortaliity of the poem. i feel that way someimtimes - like no one knows you for YOU, like no one knows how you really feel, like you dont exsist. yeah, i guess we all do sometimes. absolutely fanominal write!!! ^-^

[SM Davis]

Indeed!!! I am me, you are you ... and YOU are lovely! Thank you for sharing!

[Tamme]

I like it really a lot. I think it all works perfectly well.

[Laura Sparkle]

I agree with Susan. Great write

[avgogh]

The style of this piece conveys as much as the writing. I love it. I'm so glad to be able to read other writer's stuff and have mine read by them as well. Thanks for being a writer.

[Constance L. Hartwell]

your poem had a nice flow to it, although it DID seem a bit "jumpy" thru-out the middle. i had 2 read it a couple of times 2 get a clear "vision" as to what the poem was trying to convey. you are bold, my friend. i do not have the courage to call myself a poet...i like to think of myself as a girl who happens to write poetry. overall, however, it was an outstanding effort and i really enjoyed reading it! kudos...

[Nyida Strong]

Wonderful! Usually, I don't like choppy writing styles, but in this case it works. The question you raise "Who am I?" is a hard one to answer. The poem here is, at time frantic, which is how we all answer that question when it arises. You've managed to put into words the feelings that we all have. If I could use one word or phrase to describe this piece it would be... Beautifully Human.

N. Strong

[Susan M. Fenn]

I like the fact that you are you and I am me, that she is you.. that you are a writer, a poet, a dreamer... I like the fact that you decided to share this greatness... that reminds me of how wonderfully flavored the world is... even when ppl are determined to compile us into niches, and cliches... excellent piece!
xo
Susan

[Captain Blackheart (The..]

A very intresting read......wonderfully penned!