'You Don'T Know Me' Poem by CAROL HUGHES

'You Don'T Know Me'

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You sit there and say,
'You don't know me.
A lie like that
Slips out too easily

Your eyes blank
Stare straight into mine
Daring me to defend
To contradict
To deny my body and mind

When I without effort, thought
Completely, naturally
Absorb and digest
Expand and radiate you back
Back through me

To fill space, to light it up
To magically touch those
Who look my way
To share then with them
My knowledge of you

To validate my feelings
My new truth
My first real sensory
Connection with myself
A blinding, delicious
Partnership with nature

When all in me
Combines with sounds
Textures and colors
And you sit and coldly say,
'You don't know me

When you know, as do I
That I know you
Molecule by molecule
We have shared
Explored the universe
Of minds together

We have, dear sir
Gotten to know each other
Not by ordinary means
Social intercourse
Our mystical eyes
A special gift we share
Took us there

Left our inert bodies behind
To become one with all matter
For all time
Where only awareness
And appreciation count

It happened that way for me
I know you
And now I know myself
It's not necessary to say
'You don't know me'
It's okay

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Ameer Mcarthur 17 September 2008

I loved this piece.Its a kinda sexy..........probably as sexy as you!

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Ershad Mazumder 16 September 2008

Socretes said, `know thyself'. Great arab sayings is ` if you know yourself, you know your God'. dear carol knowing self is the greatest knowledge for the mankind. Thanks for this piece. More than 10 for you.

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Ashraful Musaddeq 15 September 2008

Wonderful poem, nicely composed. Love it.

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Ahmad Shiddiqi 11 September 2008

wonderful! keep writing! it reminds me of Bon Jovi's song, She don't know me. I enjoy your poem while listening to this Bon Jovi song. God bless you.

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James B. Earley 01 July 2008

A stern lecture indeed! Well deserved comeuppance I would guess. Brilliant execution.

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Catrina Heart 23 March 2009

Such an expressive poignant piece, written in a vivid verses........lovely poem...10+++

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Wonderfully written.

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Meggie Gultiano 27 November 2008

this is a brilliant write.

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Sulaiman Mohd Yusof 10 October 2008

I know you Carol.The woman with ' ummmph '

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Tj Becker 22 September 2008

A deep write in deed into the mind of a confident person unafraid to speak her mind and to hold her ground mentally. I enjoyed this tremendously. Well done

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CAROL HUGHES

CAROL HUGHES

NEW YORK CITY, N.Y.
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