Enough

knowing who I am
seemed a simple thing
Yet  hidden away
beneath the layers
of life, beckoning

built on my past
bone yards laid bare
for the picking
to understand

revealing
my own truth
In my time

only this
enough

Me
Copyright © | Year Posted 2013


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Date: 9/5/2013 4:45:00 PM
Lovely write,BG.Congrats on your well deserved win.
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Date: 9/2/2013 9:25:00 PM
congratulations....PD
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Date: 9/2/2013 9:19:00 PM
Another beauty simply put, BG! Congratulations on a very fine and deserving win! Annalise
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Date: 9/2/2013 8:07:00 PM
wow.......that 2nd stanza is powerful in such a brief few lines/words.....says so much! Great poem ! Congratulations, Barbara!!
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Date: 9/2/2013 6:32:00 PM
they apt Congrats on your win. Morgan
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Date: 9/2/2013 2:30:00 PM
I big congrats to you on your fine win :)
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Date: 9/2/2013 1:46:00 PM
Written by a wonderful lady with great wisdom and self-knowledge who obviously loves and respects herself...Congrats my friend - Tim
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Date: 9/2/2013 7:52:00 AM
congrats on your win
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Date: 9/1/2013 2:28:00 PM
Barbara, congrats on your 1st place win! Great work! Love, Kim
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Date: 9/1/2013 1:20:00 PM
Congratulations!
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Date: 9/1/2013 1:19:00 PM
enjoyed your poem and Topic, Barbara :-) Congrats =! ~SKAT~
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Date: 9/1/2013 10:35:00 AM
"Revealing my own truth in my time" ... I like reading great poetry of such personal depth. Very well done and congrats on your win :)
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Date: 9/1/2013 6:56:00 AM
- This became a winning poem, it was really deserved, Barbara. - CONGRATULATIONS!! - oxox / / Anne-Lise :)
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Date: 7/6/2013 7:47:00 PM
Very good poem here Barbara.A sure winner.
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Date: 6/29/2013 6:21:00 PM
Nice write! Thanks for your comment
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Date: 6/28/2013 8:07:00 AM
Well done. The hardest person to understand is always ourselves
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Date: 6/27/2013 10:36:00 PM
Me likey. :) Great job!
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