What This Says About You Poem by M.J. Lemon
What This Says About You
Group met
so we could get to know each other
really know one another
the consensus was to mine the granite
of internal self-worth
cognitive dissonance banished
but cliches quickly dug their hooks
no books judged by their covers
holding up recent editions
of the out-of-print
manufacturing friendships
and lasting bonds
called for a relic, just one
the most personal kind
but none too offensive
adult show and tell
so each could see, hear,
and touch the others
in turn i asked
what all would rather see
an old x-ray or a cast
which would you choose
from what part of me?
As a book cannot be judged by its cover, a man cannot be understood from the exterior! To the question you have asked at the end, I must say I would choose the x-ray to penetrate the exterior and know more of the inside that remains outside the flesh! Indeed, a wonderful write!
Your poetry is too deep, Lemon! I think I spend the maximum time on analysing your poems, but get stuck in between....! You fling thoughts and pose challenges for the brain....! A get together or a meeting of friends help us know each other. But how much of a person do we see externally?
Valsa, thank you so very much for both your comments. Yes, this poem is actually based on some real events. They didn't happen to me, but to a neighbour. After learning some of the issues he faced, my first thought was, " how little I do really know you." And by then we'd been talking for years.
no books judged by their covers holding up recent editions of the out-of-print.. ... ... great theme. Beautiful poem shared. Thanks for sharing.
I choose your kindness and what made u as you. We cant see by xray or naked eyes but through your gesture and how you talk to us. We found this precious thing in you.
To mine the granite of internal self-worth! ! ! Absolutely love it! ! ! The outstanding poets have pretty much covered all that I really wanted to say, so I won't be redundant. I would take the cast of your leg. Because it would inspire me to walk a mile in your shoes! And maybe, some of that inspiration would rub off a little on me. Also, I've experimented with psychometry. With Amazing results! So the cast could conceivably give me a greater insight to your creative genius! !
Thank you so much, Richard. Psychometry...that must be fascinating. Is it effective perhaps because as humans, and for reasons I don't understand, we actually seem to want to meld with objects. In a way, the cast becomes a part of a person, if temporarily. But there are rings, and piercings. They have meaning. Do they draw personality from the flesh, the person, the being? . You made me think....
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
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Lasting Bonds. Thanks for sharing this poem with us.