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Tattoo

Which words
would I have
inscribed in flesh
Etched
into belief.
What would
I claim
as my truth
The essence
of my self.
Is there anything
I truly believe
or are they all
another poets words
claimed by lesser beings.
Is there anything left
after footsteps gone before us.
Any fresh ideas for us,
I fear imitation has become original
and uniqueness fanciful.
I am stuck in someone elses mind set
and I'm not sure who I am yet.

Please tell me what you think

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  • xjuggaloXduelistx
    March 26, 2008

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    in this life the one thing you can be sure of is that nothing is orignal, and yet we write... interesting. i love the wording, you gave me something to think about. very shwae.


  • poppa
    January 22, 2008

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    Nice write.... there are many new ideas out there, you just have to listen harder......nice poem, its definitely the biggest battle, finding out who you are, then being true to it......love it..


  • Restless and True
    January 20, 2008

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    I like this. Doubting yourself sucks, but it happens. I like the last two lines best.

    ~Restless and True~

  • Just4u
    January 15, 2008

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    While the thoughts may be alike we still all bring
    our own uniqueness to it, for we have each traveled
    a different road and yet we may still arrive at the same
    place, just as one may travel from NYC to LA on a thousand different routes, each with their unique adventures. This is why others relate, for though they may not have gone through the same experience one writes
    about, they will have experienced "similar" ones and it
    is these similarities that bind us.

    Ask an artist, a photographer, a man on the street
    and a blind man to "describe" the sky in detail
    and you will most likely get 4 answers, so in the combining of all 4 descriptions we will see the sky
    clearer than we alone could have seen it. And this
    is why "each voice" is important...pen on...

    Hugs...Eddy


  • just mercedes gold member
    January 14, 2008

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    I like this. /is there anything left after footsteps gone before us/ has my mind turning. What is original, and all our own? Well written and thought-provoking.


  • fantasysmurf
    January 12, 2008

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    Clever theme shortyjo

    Heya, Cool poem. I feel like that sometimes. Hard to be original in a world of individuals. Nice one for putting it down on paper in a thought-provoking way

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