What Are You?

New poem.

What Are You?

 

Are you daring enough,

To march wildly into the unknown,

Armed with nothing but your mind?

 

Are you brave enough,

To take up the front lines in battle,

And to think of no one but yourself?

 

Are you strong enough,

To take the heat,

Or will you crumble under pressure?

 

Are you sure enough,

To sing at the top of your lungs,

For all the world to hear?

 

Are you determined enough,

To never give up,

When others tell you to stop?

 

Are you kind enough,

To listen to those who need you,

Even when there is nothing you can do?

 

Are you thoughtful enough,

To plan ahead,

Taking in account life and death?

 

Are you careful enough,

To tread lightly so as not to disturb,

As you make your mark on the world?

 

Are you loving enough,

To care for the tiny and small,

Though you yourself has lost it all?

 

Are you stupid enough,

To ignore the warning signs,

And live your life everyday?

 

Are you brilliant enough.

To understand,

The way you make me feel?

 

Because you,

Are perfect enough,

That you always take my breath away.

 

Author's Note

What do you think?

Reviews

[Mason Vail]

Many good questions. The ending was a surprise. I thought I was reading an introspective piece and it turns out to be directed at another. It's pretty bold to think of those kind of questions asked directly to someone else! These are usually reserved for personal reflection or presented to others for their own personal reflection. Interesting.

*proofreading hat*
7th phrase: "taking into account"
9th phrase: "you yourself have lost"

[Jenthura]

Really great, the questions aimed at this poor guy would totally make him stutter and probably kill him: if you ever asked anyone this. It has a nice repetitive side to it, but it seems to be asking only one question: can you be my hero? I don't know much about cliche stuff, but this is borderline...at most, I would say.

[Butterflymom]

It really hooked me in, and I found it profound. The ending also took me by surprise and threw me off. Nice work.