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I Know Not What I AM
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I Know Not What I AM |
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inot2B Member Elite
since 2000-09-18
Posts 2205Arkansas |
I am not a follower but neither will I lead I wonder will you still continue to read I hear voices speak to me inside my head I see people walking that are dead I want to be left alone to proceed I am not a follower but neither will I lead I pretend I am something that I’m not I feel my guts slowly twisting in a knot I touch the black clouds floating overhead I worry madness will continue to spread I cry for those who didn’t try to succeed I am not a follower but neither will I lead I understand that I’m not what you see I say that life’s not real just let me be I dream this may not be a nightmare I try to wake but I can’t it’s not fair I hope that I am not just some bad seed I am not a follower but neither will I lead |
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DonFurr Member
since 2001-01-01
Posts 172Monticello IN |
you shall find who you are and then you will want to lead |
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Kit McCallum
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Member Laureate
since 2000-04-30
Posts 14774Ontario, Canada |
Powerfully written Inot2b! I will surely continue to read, very intense writing in this piece, captivating ... well done!  Best wishes, /Kit |
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Temptress
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-06-15
Posts 7136Mobile, AL |
Inot2B, Wow! "I am not a follower but neither will I lead" I know that controversy. Can I be your willful breeze, Come to touch, Your heart to ease? |
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inot2B Member Elite
since 2000-09-18
Posts 2205Arkansas |
DonFurr-----Thank you for your remark, but I don't think I will ever want to lead. Kit-----Your wishes are very appreciated. Temptress----I continue with this controversy in my life. Thank you for taking the time to comment. |
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Mark Bohannan Member Rara Avis
since 2000-06-21
Posts 7269In the winds of Cherokee song |
This was a powerful look into you and something we all go through at some point and sometimes more than once. You will find the destination to you one day and you may find that leading is exactly where you WANT to be but it is not a mandatory part of life. I really enjoyed reading this one and it brought moments of reflection to me from my days of controversy.......which still go on I might add. |
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Janet Marie Member Laureate
since 2000-01-22
Posts 18554 |
I think after reading this sincere and honest self portrait that you know who you are quite well. We dont have to be what others perceive us to be ... its when we accept who we are with in ourselves we can just be .. but I understand that is a constant and on going process for most of us, well done response to the challenge... its real requirement was to look with in honestly and you did that for sure. take care jm No one ever told me ... I could get lost while standing still ... and sorrow doesnt make a sound ... as it takes away all your will. |
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inot2B Member Elite
since 2000-09-18
Posts 2205Arkansas |
Mark Bohannan and Janet********* I can write and tell what is hidden deep in my mind on the forum, but if you put me in a room with live people I'll just disappear. I do appreciate your words of encourgement. |
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Lady Ollyne Member
since 2001-01-08
Posts 337East Coast |
In pretense, thou shall seed a piece of thee...and thy truth shall be known... ~Lady Ollyne |
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Charisma
since 2000-09-30
Posts 5906lost in blue pages |
powerful words....love the read. wonderful expressed ((hugs)) Charisma |
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Victoria
since 2000-08-12
Posts 5869 |
Enjoyed your words..and thanks for joining the challenge.. ~V~ A poem is never finished, only abandoned. - Paul Valery (1871-1945) |
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Sven
since 1999-11-23
Posts 14937East Lansing, MI USA |
superb my friend. . . a look into a powerful heart. . . excellent words. . . ------------------------------------------------------- To the world, you may only be one person. But to one person, you may be the world. |
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Dennis L. White Senior Member
since 2000-02-17
Posts 1463Michigan, U.S.A. |
inot2b, A powerful declaration of an independent thinker and free spirit. Powerfully written, comanded my attention. Dennis :^) Moonbeams radiate When the veiling cloud has passed Playful shadows dance Dennis L. White :^) |
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deleeme Senior Member
since 1999-10-09
Posts 1766NEW ENGLAND, USA |
Thank you for this sharing of yourself-To me, though I do not not know you personally(and I do appreciate the comments you have made to my poems), I would say you are one who is in transition- one who is in the process of becoming, whatever it is that you deem best for yourself. God bless you in your strivings, David |
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inot2B Member Elite
since 2000-09-18
Posts 2205Arkansas |
Lady Ollyne-Thank you for stopping and reading. Charisma-You always have kind words. Thank you. Victoria-These challenges sometimes make me think too much. Sven-As always kind Sir thank you for taking the time to read and comment. Dennis L. White-I am an independent thinker, just sometimes my thoughts take over. Thank you. deleeme-Yes maybe I am in transition. I just don't know how long it will take and will I still be me when it happens. Thank you! |
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Irish Rose Member Patricius
since 2000-04-06
Posts 10263 |
wow! Kathleen Blake "When red-haired girls scamper like roses over the rain-green grass, and the sun drips honey." Laurie Lee |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
just in the middle, huh? Im like that too |
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