Define This Poem by Amanda Saveley

Define This

Rating: 5.0


Who I am...
Is beyond my
Hair
Eyes
Teeth
Weight
Height
Shoe size
Jean size
Blood type
Skin type
Gender
Nationality
Address
GPA
Social Security Number

If I were to label myself...
I would run around with post-it notes covering every inch of my body.
For I am
Narcissistic, yet altruistic
Intuitive yet doubting
Focused, yet ambivalent
I am an Empiricist,
A Skeptic,
Agnostic, but moral
Derogatory, but eloquent
Intelligent, yet ignorant
Well-spoken, but not well-read
Arrogant, but modest
Outspoken, but shy
An extroverted introvert
With an inferior complex about a superior complex
I have a one-sided Oedipus complex,
My mother does not concern me
And in order for me to carry on all these labels,
I would literally be bipolar,
A walking contradiction
An anomaly to all those trying to label everything and anything to restrict it,
Narrow it down

Well,
Narrow this down.
You'll never get it.
For the only label I can ever carry is that of 'human'
And that makes me versatile
Malleable,
Susceptible to inevitable change
An internal chameleon
That you will never be able to dissect.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Roger Bowman 30 July 2007

Smart poemo.... All the best Roger

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Gregory Collins 30 July 2007

wow i think i might just take a hit and cough and say imagination and inhibition and inner sensation and include rougness with the bumps of despair has me completely craving to be a root growing into the living roars you will understand, well done collegiate sats, things that exist on earth come from hot foreheads, ground the grass and daisies be inscribed to the gods forever, well done

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