Four Things of the Human Soul

Four Things of a Human Soul

 

 

What is a soul but a collection of feelings?

Maybe all we need to understand others,

Are their fears, hopes and dreams?

Maybe we can find what makes us the same,

And what makes us different.

 

I fear, despite what you think.

I fear that people will think their too good for me,

That my friends will abandon me,

That my family will fall apart,

That I will lose all of my control.

 

Yet still I feel strong.

I am strong because my family is whole, fractured, but whole,

I am strong because I get up each morning to face the world,

I am strong because I face my fear everyday,

And I am strong because I still exist and I am unbroken.

 

I feel sad for many things.

I feel sad for every life ended too early,

For every dream that is torn without taking flight,

For every child that gives up before they start,

I feel sad for the war torn souls that merely exist, not live.

 

Yet I still find pleasure in life.

I find it in every act of random humor in my life,

In the jokes my friends tell,

In the innocence in a child’s laughter,

And for the illusion that protects others from the harsh reality.

 

I have many things I wish others would understand.

I wish they would understand that I am human too,

That I make mistakes,

That I’m not the smartest,

That I’m aloud to cry and scream and feel too.

 

There are so few things we like about ourselves.

I like how I can smile even when I’m feeling sad,

I like how I have made such great friends,

I like that I can understand others,

And I love what I can imagine, even if others can’t understand.

 

Then there are many things we dislike.

I don’t like how angry I can get, an uncontrollable crimson haze.

I don’t like how I am sometimes arrogant, like I am the smartest.

I don’t like that I can’t stand some people, maybe I can’t understand them.

I don’t like how sometimes I don’t feel anything, and I feel empty.

 

Life isn’t clear boundaries and defined lines.

I find that life is about creating yourself from what you see and do and find.

I know that my soul isn’t finished growing, and will continue to grow until I die.

I hope that I will live to see the future for our planet, and I hope it is bright.

I’ll forever be shifting through life and changing but I hope I never lose sight of who I was and who I am

Reviews

[LeeLu]

I love the repition, it makes the poem feel so much stronger.
Out of the poems i read from your collection, this is my deffinate fave. =)

~Andrea

PS- i found a grammatical error!! haha. i win. :)

[a Messenger]

This is a marvelous work. Your depth of perceptiveness is well beyond what one would expect from someone so young. Your knowledge of yourself is much deeper than most high school age people.
I'll be adding this to my library. Thank you for sharing.

[Albert Freeman]

Love this poem. Taking joy in life no matter big or small is the best way to live life. Staying true to yourself and believing in what you do is essential to finding inner peace and happiness. Loved this poem.

[pal]

'Yet still I feel strong; I am strong because my family is whole, fractured, but whole,; I am strong because I get up each morning to face the world,; I am strong because I face my fear everyday,; And I am strong because I still exist and I am unbroken.'

nice thoughts about life.. well perceived..

welcome here.
pal..

[Christina-Marie]

I am strong because I get up each morning to face the world,

I am strong because I face my fear everyday,

And I am strong because I still exist and I am unbroken.



I feel sad for many things.

I feel sad for every life ended too early,

For every dream that is torn without taking flight,

For every child that gives up before they start,

I feel sad for the war torn souls that merely exist, not live.



All of your writing here is very touching. I enjoyed it. Very heartfelt.. makes you really think. Basically describes alot of ppl even myself! Very Profound! Please write more.