Who are we?
We say we are individuals,
Each one of us unique.
That may well be true
But what we must realise
Is the individual we are
Is a community of individuals.
We have been made by two people,
Our Mothers and Fathers.
And they too were each made
Each made by two people,
So there are six people as part of us.
And the further back we look
The more people are within us
Until we go back to the beginning,
The beginning of mankind,
Starting as a strain of atoms.
So it can be said
We all came from one reality,
And end up as ourselves,
But we are related,
Related to all.
So as we are each a community,
A community of individuals,
Why are we arguing,
Arguing and fighting with our relations.
With our many voices
Inside the one individual.
An individual is a community of individuals,
The many voices inside the one.
- Author: Goldfinch60 (Pseudonym) ( Offline)
- Published: October 18th, 2021 01:16
- Comment from author about the poem: WE are all part of one another.
- Category: Reflection
- Views: 44
Comments5
Really like this Andy 🙂 you speak true words and I like how you’ve expressed yourself in this poem ,
Why are we arguing … good question .. I guess everyone can’t agree tho ..
Thank you yellowrose - indeed, why are we arguing?
Andy
I don’t know why we are arguing. Sometimes I think when people get stressed and upset that they can get into arguments …
I don’t know
Andy I'm despairing that fighting seems to happen whenever we put more than 1 person in a room.
Very true Lorna.
Andy
Good write Gold.
Thanks Orchi.
I was standing on a traffic island. Words came to me 'No man is an island'. Then I thought, 'True; but I'm standing on an island right now!' lol. My own useless ditty is: 'No man is a traffic light'
Such a nice poetry Andy
Indeed we are not aloof
But a bunch of opinions make us
A bunch of perceptions hold us
We aren’t a word
We aren’t a line
But a legacy of so many behind
Still we differ
At the end we argue
If only the argument could do good
Else it’s a crime
so very True, dear poet
thanks for sharing your wisdom
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