I am human.

I am both the calm and the storm,
A force never worth being tried.
I can easily break everything,
And still bear a smile before sleep.

I can bring forth the sun,
Or wrap the world in darkness.
I could dry your tears,
Or tear at your stitches.

I can fall deeply into love,
Or bask in the beauty of hate.
I can hate myself immensely,
But look past that and exist.

I could hate everything,
And still find a way to love.
I am both light and dark,
but I am only human. 

Reviews

[The White Wolf]

To be human is to be a walker of the twilight..both light and dark. To be capable of hate but still find the will to love...I can so easily relate to that. Brilliant as always, my friend.

[Danielle]

This I liked. The contradictions of an individual, I feel like I am a walking breathing contradiction so this poem touched my soul.

[Priya]

Indeed, we all are.

"I can fall deeply into love,
Or bask in the beauty of hate
I can hate myself immensely,
But look past that and exist."
Somehow, these lines appealed to me more than the rest of the poem.

Thank you for the poem!

[Kaylor Mason]

All humans have light and darkness in them. I love the part about tearing stitches--actually winced as I read that.