Who am I?
Soror Lux Vitae 1983 (Kirkcaldy)
Who am ‘I’?
‘I’ is not ‘me’
I is the person I wants you to see
‘I’ remains hidden, even from me.
Who is this person?
Can’t I be free?
Where am I?
Where do I reside?
The places I live, the places I hide?
Is ‘I’ just a creation inside my own mind?
A made up concept one can never find?
What am I?
What have I to gain?
Am I my thoughts?
My memories?
My collection of pains?
Am I the things I think each day?
The things I’ve done but cannot say?
Am I the person that I want to be?
Or just the persona you project onto me?
Am I my actions?
My body?
My soul?
Or am I just the observer of these things as they go?
Who perceives I from behind the thick veil?
Is I the observer or the real holy grail?
I remains hidden
Even from me
Who is this person?
Can’t I be free?
About this poem
My poem is exploring the concept of self beyond the body, the mind, the soul & the perceptions of others.
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Written on November 25, 2022
Submitted by SororLuxVitae on November 25, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
| Scheme | abbbCB addee axxxx ffbb xbxx gg cbCB |
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| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 794 |
| Words | 195 |
| Stanzas | 7 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6, 5, 5, 4, 4, 2, 4 |
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