Who ARE You?
the pain
indescribably deep
when
open, honest
kind and considerate
becomes
mean spirited
selfish and devious
my eyes were opened
to the stranger within
when circumstances
challenged and changed
someone I thought I knew
disappointment
distress and regret
pain I will never forget
do we all have a secret self
hidden from the outside world
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©DGA 06.11.2010 11:32
09/11/2010 at 6:16 am
do we all have a secret self
hidden from the outside world
It rather looks like it from the number of people I’ve met who were not what I thought (or what they pretended) they were. But I like to think some of us are WYSIWYG. 🙂
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09/11/2010 at 6:38 am
I can’t tell you how shocked and disappointed I felt (and still feel). WYSIWYG – how nice to hear that again! 😀
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09/11/2010 at 6:17 am
It’s very fitting that I read this today, I was shocked to the core by someone yesterday.
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09/11/2010 at 6:41 am
One often reads about ‘true colours’ but which are they? I hate being so disillusioned… I would prefer to think it was an uncontrollable ‘flash in the pan’ so to speak.
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09/11/2010 at 1:03 pm
i ownder can we ever really know someone, honestly, b/c i think we do harbor secret sides…even if only unintentionally in how we present our ‘best side’
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09/11/2010 at 2:21 pm
You are right, Brian. We normally don’t want others to see how awful we can be. Sometimes it bursts out of our control I suppose.
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09/11/2010 at 3:06 pm
Most thought-provoking poem, pic and comments – Thank You.
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09/11/2010 at 4:09 pm
Thank you, Naomi, for your visit. 🙂
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09/11/2010 at 8:58 pm
brilliant – know this sense of shock only too well
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10/11/2010 at 6:14 am
I’m glad you can relate – I seem to be taking forever to get over it.
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09/11/2010 at 9:11 pm
I’ve had that happen and I don’t let people get too close because of it. 😦
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10/11/2010 at 6:16 am
I also keep my distance for the first while… Oh, well, we live and learn.
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10/11/2010 at 3:50 am
honestly I do think we all have a secret self that can only be shared with the deserving. life is about finding the people we can be ourselves with
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10/11/2010 at 6:18 am
That is SO true, Sy! 😀
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