An Individual Is A Community.

Goldfinch60



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 Offline)
  • Published: October 18th, 2021 01:16
  • Comment from author about the poem: WE are all part of one another.
  • Category: Reflection
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Comments5

  • Violet bluebell( used to be yellow rose)

    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 ..

    • Goldfinch60

      Thank you yellowrose - indeed, why are we arguing?

      Andy

      • Violet bluebell( used to be yellow rose)

        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

      • Lorna

        Andy I'm despairing that fighting seems to happen whenever we put more than 1 person in a room.

        • Goldfinch60

          Very true Lorna.

          Andy

        • orchidee

          Good write Gold.

          • Goldfinch60

            Thanks Orchi.

            • orchidee

              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'

            • spilleronsheet

              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

            • L. B. Mek

              so very True, dear poet
              thanks for sharing your wisdom



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