I am

The ideas, the people and the experiences I’ve collected over the years make me who I think I am, this is my attempt to word all of that

I am the flesh that pain has given life, the collection of hopes I consider mine

I am as unchanged as moments I grew behind

The still curious awareness, shaken by ideas of time

I am the entity I consider mine

I am the feelings I reflect but accept as mine

The vision I collect from memories, the eyes I looked behind

I am the life that survives the concepts of the dying

I am the entity I consider mine

I am the imperfection of my thoughts, this perception I consider mine

I am the lessons of students and the wisdom they grew behind

The birth of progress, regression, whatever ignorance I haven’t identified

I am the entity I consider mine

 

I am the fruit that elders grew but overcame their lying

I am the fountain of youth my thinking withholds from behind me

I am the character I have built, the person I aspire to become

I am the entity I consider mine

Reviews

[KWP]

I really love this - a very thought provoking piece and the style and words in which it has been fashioned works extremely well I think - the reader cannot leave this poem without some more thought - I think I could read this time and again and get something new out of it - a really fabulous write.

my question to you is this ... you are all of these things ... now what?

[Kgorometja]

Thank you, that means a lot. I think I now grow I guess, I use my actions and understanding to try and improve myself and those around me, to make the most of whatever time I have left

[KWP]

And when you have finished growing ... Then what?

[Kgorometja]

I pass what I have learnt to another, surely its a cycle. But I must admit, I feel like I'm inclined to think that, don't have a choice. I'm scared to think of what really happens after that, a part of me thinks life is vain. We come here to experience all these things and keep alive, and then we die. That's what I think, but I can't accept

[KWP]

Yeah that's it - gain the knowledge - fully accept it - throw it all away - remind yourself that you are simply an expression of life in nature - flow on - once you have gained all the knowledge and accepted it all - no longer will you be bound by the human restrictions we all too easily place on ourselves - once you have thrown all the knowledge away - I think you will be free X

[Kgorometja]

Makes sense, I've always thought we learn and learn and once we know all there is we simply begin to die, that life becomes complete somehow. I can appreciate that, sounds about right, its all about the flow

[zunie frost]

very great ... love reading it ..!!!!! keep it up and thanks for sharing such a lovely poetry 90 % ratings from me

[Kgorometja]

Thank you for taking the time to read it, I appreciate that

[zunie frost]

my pleasure !!!!!