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Who Am I?
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Sunshine
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since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart 
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Who Am I? Asking this all the time of myself, and not getting a complete answer… because of the daily changes that come to me, myself and I. I mean, really, how dare I ask of me this so personal of a question? After all, I could fabricate stories abundantly, be someone I am not, someone I only wish to emulate, or perhaps I am just afraid of the little that I am after wanting to be so very much to so very many. But if you think of me, think eyes of green, for that I know is mine. And if you want to think of me a little more think of music in your heart, the kind that touches you deeply. Finally, an absolute way to think of me is to imagine arms wrapped around all of the happiness of a child under the summer sun. There. The surface is scratched. 15 May 2000 ©KRJ Sunshine Look, then, into thine heart, and write ~~~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow |
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Denise
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since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
Thank you for the glimpse, Sunshine! This is beautifully done! Denise |
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Sudhir Iyer Member Ascendant
since 2000-04-26
Posts 6943Mumbai, India : now in Belgium |
If I am I and Me is me, Why do I wonder What becomes of me? If I have to question, myself of my existence, Why do I try and reason, with undue persistence? ---------------- Well done Sunshine, indeed the surface is scratched. Regards, Sudhir Life is like a painting, That in an art gallery is left hanging, Though many come just to look at it, A very few actually come to enjoy it. |
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Sunshine
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since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Thank you denise, I can always count on you to come in to read... and Sudhir, to know me is to make one scratch their head...LOL! Thanks for coming in! {~,^} |
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brian madden Member Elite
since 2000-05-06
Posts 4374ireland |
only five years ago that was a very impotant question on my mind, who am I? I was in that discovery stage - the teenage years. I thought there was a quick answer or a moment when I would become myself, but I realised that who I am to myself is not who I am to others. I think how people react to us defines us as much as how we view ourselves. when looking for the answer we can always dig too deep but I think you can stop looking, "around all of the happiness of a child under the summer sun". If this image defines you then you may search no more, fantastic poem. |
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lorilockheart Member
since 2000-05-06
Posts 206Alabama |
Sunshine, I am printing this right now! This is so sweet, and yet deep at the same time. You have done a superb job with your feelings here. Definitely one of my all time favorites! Lori ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I hope you still feel small when you stand beside the ocean. Whenever one door closes I hope one more opens. Promise me you'll give faith a fighting chance. And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance - I hope you dance. song by LeeAnn Womack ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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Rosemary J. Gwaltney Senior Member
since 1999-08-26
Posts 997northern mountains, Idaho |
The stark honesty of this poem was hard for me to swallow. Proof of the pudding. Any poem that evokes such enormous feeling, is a good poem. The lines: "or perhaps I am just afraid of the little that I am after wanting to be so very much to so very many" were the hardest of all. For they say how I feel about myself. I've always wanted to fix everything for everyone, and sometimes I've arrived at the point where I could fix nothing for anyone, not even myself. Helpless. Useless. I trust you're not saying all that. But that's what I said to myself through your words of truth and reality. No one can truly be all they wish to be. ~ ~ ~ But I love the way your poem ends. To have given joy to a child must be one of the most important things. And I have done that. ~ ~ ~ Excellent, the way you say "there, the surface is scratched" - I love that! We're complex beings, all of us, aren't we! Especially poets. Or is it that complex beings become poets? < !signature--> The spiritual wind that holds survivors aloft, plants the seeds from which bloom new hope ... R.J.G. [This message has been edited by Rosemary J. Gwaltney (edited 05-16-2000).] |
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Sunshine
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since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Brian, questioning ourselves knows no age limit...as you will find out for yourself... but I am glad to think that you think I know the answer... Lori, any favorite of yours will be a favorite of mine... Rosemary, you do not know how deeply your words have affected me...and brought tears... thank you... |
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SpitFire Member Elite
since 2000-04-19
Posts 2396 |
~Wow Sunshine,...loved this. I have asked myself this very thing over and over. Each day I wish to fill things that possibly aren't in my reach or if they are sometimes I get there too late. At times I take it way too much to heart and expect too much. This poem has surely struck a cord in my heart thank you for sharing. *Peace. |
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HelmutB Senior Member
since 2000-01-06
Posts 964Canada |
The title catch my wanting to read Who am I, is a question oh so deep I cam tell you who you are First, you're special by far Second, you're gentle and thoughtfull of others needs loving and carring, full filling your deeds With green eyes as I see A friend and special person That is thee A poet with the words that coming from the heart A picture worth a thausand words of art Now enough before you blush I have to go to work I'm in a rush I cannot say it differently But all this is what you are to me Thank you And the poem is special too The ability to describe life with words is similar to painting a picture; both can be powerful tools. |
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Kit McCallum
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Member Laureate
since 2000-04-30
Posts 14774Ontario, Canada |
Oh Sunshine ... I so enjoyed this! Beautifully written and heartfelt. This touched me deeply also, for I ask the same questions of myself. You've penned this wonderfully. Best wishes, /Kit |
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tracie66 Member Elite
since 2000-01-18
Posts 4713Australia |
Sunshine~ WHO ARE YOU You are talented You are spiritual You are superb You are free and You touched me  Tracie~ Love is the life of the soul... It is the harmony of the universe |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Spitfire, keep reaching... Helmut, a humble thank you... Kit, thanks for the wonderful... Tracie, it is YOU who has touched me... |
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