who am I?

pacifier

I'm young, I'm getting old. A quarter of a century. Is that who I am?
I am a mother, nearly (or am I now?) Is that who I am?
I'll be a wife soon (I am already). Is that who I am?
A sister, a daughter, an aunty to unknown relatives and unrelated people. Is that who I am?
I'm kind and I'm cranky, confident and insecure, loving and understanding (though I rarely understand). Is that who I am?
I am white, I'm Australian (bad combination, I burn so easily). Is that who I am?
I'm unemployed, but not worthless, don't make that mistake. But is that who I am?
Am I where I live? the colour of my skin? who I know? how I feel? What I do? Who am I? Who are you?

Being Enlightened

You are a poet too--don't forget! You are all those things, and more, I'm sure! Depends on how you look at things, I think. This one was most enjoyable, pacifier.

Holey Ghost

You are what you know you are,
not what others think you to be

pacifier

when it comes to me
you only see what you want to see
and it's true
I only show
what I want known
so...tell me
do we ever know somebody?

I decided a long time ago
that what I think is not what I show
so I am what I do
just my thoughts don't make me true
won't show you who I am
(they'll just serve to scare you)

We have many mask
for every tasks
you'll never know what my mum does about me
and she'll never know some of the things I show you
(don't tell her please)

So I'm not the same person to you
as I am to our friend
and you not the same to me
as you are to your family
so who we are is many things
never changing, ever changing
with every person we meet




And no one has answered my final question yet - who are you?

Bu2

and I am afraid too
to show you who I am

So I'll just praise your poem instead.

It was very true.

Pearl_Jam_Necklace

beautiful...im saddened as i surf this place that ive found so much comfort in the past 19 months and even before then. i need to go to sleep but yet i feel i want to read every single thing just once more as i say goodbye

depopulationINC

spendid
Wonderfully shaped inner thoughts Mz Pacman

pacifier

depopulationINC wrote:

spendid
Wonderfully shaped inner thoughts Mz Pacman

Really? It's strange, I haven't written anything in a long time so the other day I sat down and wrote three poems here (including this one). And with all of them I felt I didn't do a very good job at all of saying what I wanted to say. Actually the only one I thought I'd said something in was the only one that wasn't responded to

you're doing some really good work recently.

twin1

I really enjoyed this one Pacifier, it is very introspective and inviting. I am glad you shared it!