»
Archives
»
Open Poetry #8
»
Dare To Be You ( a li'l question from me )
| Open Poetry #8 |
|
Dare To Be You ( a li'l question from me ) |
|
Jeffrey Carter
since 2000-04-08
Posts 2367State of constant confusion! 
|
I'm not sure where I should post this so if it is in the wrong forum I appologize. ************************************************** So many times we transform ourselves into who we think people want us to be. Trying to fit in with the crowd. Making friends that turn out not to be friends at all. Sometimes I feel as if I'm playing a part in some sitcom on TV. 'Cause it is more convenient for us to play the part of someone that "fits in." We don't have to show our true feelings that way. We can mask our true emotions inside where no one else can see. Yet, with this knowledge we go on playing this part in humanity's play. Never stopping to ask ourselves "Does anyone really know me?" "Does anyone really care how I feel?" Only when we find the courage to step out of society's mold, can we ever really be free. With that being said, I leave you with this thought..... If you looked inside your heart would you recognise yourself? All my love, Jeffrey I lie awake in a world filled with dreams, but dreams can be so real when you don't know you're asleep |
||
| © Copyright 2000 Jeffrey D. Carter - All Rights Reserved | |||
Marge Tindal
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
Jeffrey~ What you see .... is what you get ! Yeah ... I'd recognize me ! And I might even recognize you !  Love ya' ~*Marge*~ ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~ [email protected] |
||
|
poetFemmeFatale Member Elite
since 1999-07-25
Posts 2646Arkansas |
Hmmm...very interesting thoughts to ponder sir. I think with that, I'll go to bed.  Would be interesting to know how everyone answers your question though! Thanks for the ponder. |
||
|
katherine Member
since 2000-06-10
Posts 365Canberra Australia |
i thought you poem was awesome!!! it is ture to life. |
||
|
brian madden Member Elite
since 2000-05-06
Posts 4374ireland |
Jeff, a great poem. I always believed I had a strong self identity but I guess each person sees me differently, so does that mean I am a different person to everyone. Your poem in a way reminded me of the book "the dice man" by Luke Rhinehart. The character allowed his life, identity and reality to be decided by a dice. a wonderful poem, got me thinking. well written. ------------------------ "Take nothing but pictures. Leave nothing but footprints. Kill nothing but time". Baltimore Grotto "To be nobody-but-yourself-in a world which is doing its best night and day, to make you everybody else - means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting." E.E Cummings. manic street preachers "Culture Alienation Borebom and Despair" "I know I believe in nothing but it is my nothing" -faster MSP "And you see, I kind of shiver to conformity Did you see, the way I cower to authority, you see And my life, it's a series of compromises anyway It's a sham, and I'm conditioned to accept it all, you see" six by Paul Draper. ----- |
||
|
Kit McCallum
Administrator
Member Laureate
since 2000-04-30
Posts 14774Ontario, Canada |
"If you looked inside your heart would you Recognise yourself?" You ask many the same questions I do of myself Jeffrey ... you've worded this beautifully, well done! Best wishes, /Kit |
||
|
Honeybee Member Ascendant
since 1999-12-26
Posts 5372Ontario, CANADA |
My God, Jeffrey so very well said! It sure gives a me a lot to ponder and reflect upon. I think that it's time I remove the mask that I wear to the world, afterall, you have reminded me that it's not the world that I should long to fit in or please, it's myself that I have to please and love and reconize. I have to admit that at times, I don't even reconize myself anymore. An amazing poem!!!!!!!! This is now my favourite poem by you. Thanks for sharing this poem in this forum.Take care, Melissa Honeybee |
||
|
Lone Wolf Member Ascendant
since 2000-03-16
Posts 5842Lansing, MI USA |
Jeffrey, Very deep my friend. As Lao-tzu once said "He who knows others is clever; he who knows himself is enlightened." Great poem!! Another favorite of mine!! LW Friends are friend forever if the Lord's the Lord of them and a friend will not say never cause the welcome will not end. --Michael W. Smith |
||
|
Jeffrey Carter
since 2000-04-08
Posts 2367State of constant confusion! |
Thanks everyone, I think maybe I had a little too much Ny-Quil last night All my love, Jeffrey I lie awake in a world filled with dreams, but dreams can be so real when you don't know you're asleep |
||
|
ESP Member Elite
since 2000-01-25
Posts 2556Floating gently on a cloud.... |
Yes, I would recognize myself....I have finished with being a "somebody" who "fits in". I am me and proud to be!!!! Everyone is unique...no one should feel pressured to be someone that they are not. I think your poem puts this extremely well....we have to recognize who we really are and be that person, not some one else. Thanks for sharing this poem....very thought provoking!!! Love and hugs, Lizzie  "Poetry is the true expression of my soul, it is my ultimate means of communication. It is my rainbow of delight." |
||
|
Rosebud1229 Senior Member
since 2000-04-05
Posts 1813North Carolina |
You are so right Jeffery. I myself often question this sometimes I have different sides about me. lol but anyway when all is said and done deep done I have the same values. That doesn't change. I guess sometimes we all live out there on the edge. I know I do! Then again we must live life to it's fullest. What was that song( don't worry be happy!) |
||
|
JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
Jeffrey how come to have to ask questions like that? I think I would recognize myself but...Would I like who I am? And yes I do like who I am except for a few items...James |
||
|
Butterflies_dont_cry Member Elite
since 2000-03-06
Posts 3733Michigan |
If you looked inside your heart would you recognise yourself? I might but I doubt that anyone outside of Passions would A very thought provoking question and a wonderful poem. Thank you Jeffrey for causing a moment to "pause" tonight |
||
|
tracie66 Member Elite
since 2000-01-18
Posts 4713Australia |
Jeffrey~ This is very thought provoking. Wonderful way you put this across. Glad to say that I know myself and who I am inside and out but there is one thing that I sometimes hate about myself and that is that I try to please everyone and sometimes that causes me grief but thats who I am and I can't change that. Thanks for this piece Jeffrey Tracie~ Love is the life of the soul... It is the harmony of the universe |
||
|
A Romantic Heart Member Ascendant
since 1999-09-03
Posts 5496Forever In Your Heart |
Jeff, this comes to my mind as a saying I often say to myself and others, "be True to yourself" for no one is going to be true to you if you are being someone else, I know who I am, I have always been stubborn, fiesty,attitude like Pocahantas...finding my own path, I am not one to change to fit the in crowd,or what society wants, i am me, I love me for me, I don't concern myself on what people think or say about me,(meaning if someone doesn't like my hair etc, or gossips etc.) I am me, God made me unique, a fish upstream against the flow, my thought question..."why be someone else" like others, when you could be different being you, why live someone eleses life and dreams? You are lieing to yourself, cheating yourself...and if you cannot trust yourself? who can you trust?Time is short, live YOUR life! not your neighbors, or friends, or what tv or movies, magazines tell us...You are ONE person, One life, live it!Dare to be different, different in a Good way! GREAT POEM!!! [This message has been edited by A Romantic Heart (edited 06-12-2000).] |
||
|
Jeffrey Carter
since 2000-04-08
Posts 2367State of constant confusion! |
Hi Everyone, I just wanted to say thanks again I must say that I am glad to read in most of your replies that you know who YOU are and you don't play the part mentioned in this poem. However, there are an awful lot of people, young people in general, that DO find it easier to hide their emotions and "fit in" than it is to dare to be themselves. This is a lesson I, myself, learned a long time ago. So, anyway, for anyone whom is in the situation spoken of in this poem I sincerely hope you take a long hard look at your life and ask yourself this question.... Do I really know ME????? Thanks again everyone I am overwhelmed at the wisdom in all your replies. All my love, Jeffrey I lie awake in a world filled with dreams, but dreams can be so real when you don't know you're asleep |
||
|
Sudhir Iyer Member Ascendant
since 2000-04-26
Posts 6943Mumbai, India : now in Belgium |
We look up to our heroes, Mould ourselves to them be, we crash. In our hurry to be good, we sometimes take a decision, one too rash. We make mistakes that our mirrors will hold Images of the past do haunt us till we get old, What we thought the glittering was all gold, Is it not time for ourselves to be bold? Words like these many I say, Do I have the courage to treat them on me? Advices, I give freely come what may, Can I really peek into myself and then let me be? ---------- Jeffery, you have set me on a pondering tour into my inner self. This takes years to be answered and proven, but for now, I feel that not many things that I could have changed would I change, even if inner reflections would provoke me to self-inflicted insults and horrors of the mistakes made, but then thats how I have spend my time, my part so far in life, and I will be brave to handle the results, I feel... Anyway, to a courageous beginning, CHEERS, Many regards, my friend, Sudhir< !signature--> My heart is pounding, my stomach's inside out I'm feeling kind-a-shaky, my mind is full of doubt All I ever think about, is fearing fear itself, Wish I could unscrew my head and put it on the shelf Everything is twisted, everything is oh so tight, Don't know what I'm looking at, the lights are all too bright My brain's about to crumble, spill out on the floor Sweep 'em up. Throw 'em away, don't want 'em anymore Clouds race across the sky, day turns into night, Still there are the questions, no answers in sight Everything is twisted, everything is oh so tight, Starin' out the window, everything is just too bright Brain's about to crumble, spill out on the floor, Wish I could unscrew my head, and kick it out the door... You know I'm feeling kind-a....Strange You know I'm feeling kind-a....Strange ~ Strange ~ Joe Satriani (Flying in a Blue Dream) [This message has been edited by Sudhir Iyer (edited 06-13-2000).] |
||
|
|
⇧ top of page ⇧ |
|
| All times are ET (US). All dates are in Year-Month-Day format. | ||
