Am I I Am? Poem by Tristan Maverick

Am I I Am?

Rating: 4.5


I am
I am?
Am I really?
Am I really who I think I am?
Or am I who you perceive me to be?

I see myself in the mirror
The mirror of life
The one that makes you see
See what others see
And I see me broken
Shattered
I see my life in a million little pieces

My shattered life
In disarray
Where do I go?
I don’t know what to do
Where to go
How to get there

I am
Am I really?
Am I really what this mirror shows me?
Or am I who you say I am?

You tell me
You tell me I’m beautiful
I’m a light shining like the sun
I have infinite possibilities
But how can words compete,
Compare with what I see?
Words may be powerful
But words can never compare
Can never compete with what my eyes see
With what my eyes tell me I see
Whatever illusion is before me
The illusion my eyes tell me is true

You tell me that I am
I am exactly
Exactly the opposite
The opposite of what the mirror shows

Who do I believe?
The illusion that my eyes tell me is true?
Or your words my heart tells me is true?

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Louis Rams 05 November 2009

a saying in buisiness is 'perception is your reality'. but there is an inner mirror called mirrors of the soul and if you truly search your inner soul, you will find a beauty far beyond compare, and it will always be there. very good write a ten my friend

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Shoshana Green 04 November 2009

You are what you're told in the reflection of your soul. Will you look there; There is no compare.

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Landan Chandler 03 November 2009

i can relate to that sometimes i wonder if the way i see myself is the same for everyone else

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Tristan Maverick

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Dover, NH
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