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Solstice Son
Member

since 2000-09-19

Posts 469

0 posted 2002-01-18 07:58 AM

" I want to be ORIGINAL!!..."
i shouted out one day
good that I was all alone
don't know what folks would say
Its annoying and quite vexing
to never feel like ' me '
instead i wear each face that passes
like a mask for folks to see
mimic, mime, and mockery
one thosand faces every day
why can't I be just ONE, say,
like every single face
that passes by my place
why can't I be ' blessed ' with my face
istead of the faces that I see

"OH! I could tell you blood curdling stories....but me troat...me troat's gone dry!"

Barry Fitzgerald as 'Flynn' in the 'Quiet Man'

BloomingRose
Member Elite

since 2000-08-09

Posts 3092
Florida

1 posted 2002-01-18 09:32 AM

Interesting poem, that makes one consider who is the real me??
Sometimes fear keeps the mask on. Still if given half a chance the face you meet that is you... would rejoice at being found!

Hugs,
Deb

pegasus111
Member Elite

since 2000-07-27

Posts 2219
ocala, fl, usa

2 posted 2002-01-18 01:42 PM

this is such an interesting revelation of truth. All too often we conform to the will of others and"society", few of us dare to be the person we want to be for fear of being different. We fear most that which we do not understand, that which is different. Although it is against a thinking persons nature to follow the crowd, we often do so because it is easier and a less turbulent path

the woods are lovely, dark, and deep, but I have promises to keep, and many miles to go before I sleep...Frost

Mother_Earth
Senior Member

since 2000-11-20

Posts 1370
1/2 year Texas & 1/2 year Michigan

3 posted 2002-01-18 03:44 PM

Solstice, why can't we find our real face? Every time I put on make-up, I am putting on anothe face for someone. I guess when I go bare faced I am being me. How it works for a guy, I have no idea. Some day we will all find ourselves, right? Good luck and great poem, ME

Joyce Johnson

Member Rara Avis

since 2001-03-10

Posts 9912
Washington State

4 posted 2002-01-18 08:02 PM

No other answer, we're just chameleons adapting to surroundings. Interesting viewpoint. Joyce

2dalimit
Member Elite

since 2000-02-08

Posts 2228
Mississippi coast

5 posted 2002-01-19 05:16 AM

I know the feeling. Just before I arrive at work I begin the transformation into the person I think I’m suppose to be. Great write.

Melton

Solstice Son
Member

since 2000-09-19

Posts 469

6 posted 2002-01-21 08:09 AM

hey everybody....I was driving to work when I wrote this (( wel in my head anyway *L* )) I was looking at the people next to me and such...and i could feel my face...shifting, to mimic the expressions on theirs...its odd...it comes so naturally that I wonder how often I do that without noticing...and of course it made me think...which makes me write...glad you all enjoyed it in some approxamation..i promise to wite more about Sol and Snowpaw soon ^.^

Sol

" and I dream of her always,
even when I don't dream.
her name's on my tongue
and her blood's in my stream."

'Christmas in Prison' John Prine

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