Do You Really Know Me? Poem by Deidre Dixon

Communication, interaction or an exchange of ideas
Are vital necessities for knowing what someone is really all about
To know their character, their weaknesses, their assets and their dreams
You must take the time to relate to them, to feel them and to hear their heart
You have to spend time talking to them, working with them and observing them
In what they say, how they respond, what they do, and even who they spend time around
You owe that to individuals you claim to know
You can’t base your treatment of them on the grape vine or what someone else said
Even though that’s how you get your information about people
Yeah, you ask everybody else about everybody else when you don’t really know everybody else
So how is it that you think you will get to know someone by asking someone else
What if they don’t like them and give a bad report or like them and give a false report
Have you even discerned who it is that you are asking
Have you taken the time to relate to them, to feel them and to hear their heart
Have you spent time talking to them, working with them and observing them
In what they say, how they respond, what they do and even who they spend time around
Because if you haven’t done these things and you asked someone else about me
All you’re going to get is their perception of who they think I am
Now that’s not fair to me
Chances are they haven’t related to me, felt me or observed me
In what I say, how I respond, what I do or even who I spend time around
Now ask yourself, do you really know me?