Who Poem by Ben Gieske

Who



i have no name
i’m never the same
i can’t change places
or save faces

i come and go — never with
i’m just there —
springing up anywhere
i come and then i’m not

i am not me
i am not you or we
neither they nor them
these will not fit
those aren’t it

i don’t know who i am
whether i can be seen or heard
read or said
touched or felt
tasted or sensed

nobody knows me
nobody wants me
nobody claims me

maybe i’m just —— nonsense

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Robert Howard 16 October 2007

Beautifully crafted and insightful. An existential clearing of the air.

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Theresa Moore 20 May 2007

You are elusive. You are everywhere. You certainly are a brainteaser.

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