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Are we who we think we are
Or do we change our skin,
Like a chameleon,
In order to fit in and win
The popularity contest,
Mr, Miss or Mrs Cool-hip?
Do we, in fact, hide what’s inside?
Do we show the ‘real me’, the reality?
Or do we only reveal
What we want you to see?
Truth or fiction, perfect diction
Displayed without, but what’s within?
Stripped down to bed-rock
Base core, no more,
Allow us to show our true colours,
Expose ourselves,
In order to clothe ourselves
In authenticity and sincerity.
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©Denise G Allen, 10 March 2014 14:15
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10/03/2014 at 6:38 pm
i think we keep a lot of it hidden for various reasons….there is risk in exposing ourselves…but if we get over that we realize we are not that much different….
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13/03/2014 at 7:07 am
Very true, Brian. 🙂
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10/03/2014 at 7:06 pm
I think there is more hidden than shown… love the verse …
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13/03/2014 at 7:08 am
Oh yes, Bulldog, that is often the case… and thanks. 🙂
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10/03/2014 at 7:18 pm
There is no doubt Denis, from the day, as kids, we started doing things to please our parents, we started suppressing our real selves, though inadvertently. But once when we started getting that “good boy, good girl ” image, I am certain we have started presenting ‘what we are not’ as ‘what we are’. We are so used to this craft that I am afraid, we can’t really find out what we are .
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13/03/2014 at 7:11 am
You have hit the nail right on he head, Sunamu. I agree that often we get ‘lost’ in knowing just what we are. We do know what we wish to be, but ARE we?
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11/03/2014 at 1:41 am
Perhaps important lessons arrive in this guise. It is good that you call them to mind.
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13/03/2014 at 7:12 am
Sometimes/often introspection does us the world of good, Ben.
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11/03/2014 at 11:23 am
Maxi says: Someone will always show you who they are, watch what they do.
blessings ~ maxi
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13/03/2014 at 7:13 am
Judging a person by his actions usually helps, but sometimes we can be way off the mark, Maxi.
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11/03/2014 at 5:03 pm
We are after all, many things to many people.. And I think that the only true identity that we have, is the one that is reflected in our mirror and our soul.. Thought provoking poem Denise, thanks.
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13/03/2014 at 7:15 am
You are so right, Jake. 🙂
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