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I Only Want To Be Me

If I am I, who is me? I wish to understand, but I can't see. You're willing to talk to me, But you never talk to I. I am so confused, when you tell me to try! If it's not about me, than is it about I? I am so frustrated, that it makes me want to cry. Please will you tell me? I want you to try. I have responsibilities, still it's always up to me. I think and I think, I beg you please, explain it to me. Will I ever be, the one who's able to fly? You can take me somewhere, I don't think you can take I. I like spending time with you, I am pleased you like me. I love it even more, when it's just you and me You say that you know me, Still I am so much more. I have the answers, Yet it's me you're looking for. If only you'd take the time, I know you would see me, If I could explain Perhaps I would be free If you let me, I will show you so much more. I am the one knocking, It's me outside your door. For I am I, still somehow I am me. I can be anyone, Yet there is only one me.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2014




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Date: 1/16/2015 3:56:00 PM
I tell my wife that I love her, and she replies I love you too[two] I ask which one she loves the most? She is wise to me now and says both, you and the idiot! Nice write Richard. God Bless. D.
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Richard Lamoureux
Date: 1/16/2015 6:26:00 PM
Ha ha Dave, I love it! You have a good sense of humor my friend.
Date: 2/11/2014 4:34:00 PM
an unusual write Rick I love it I and me fine pen hugs
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Richard Lamoureux
Date: 2/11/2014 5:04:00 PM
Thanks again Shadow.
Date: 2/11/2014 6:32:00 AM
Wow Richard! Nice! Very nice! Me and I - Just think about it like a fruit - the outer peel and the inner fleshy part - the 'me' part is the peel, what others often see. The 'I' part is the fleshy part, the one only few bother to see. The peel and the fleshy part are still you 'me' but while they are different they still make up the whole you. It takes thoughtful people to see the inner you but that doesn't change who you are - a great man.
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Richard Lamoureux
Date: 2/11/2014 7:52:00 AM
Aww what a touching comment, you have made me happy and I am thankful. You are seriously one of the poets I admire most because you peel back your own layers and let us see your unvarnished self. From where I sit you are truly beautiful and filled with an uncommon light.
Date: 2/10/2014 9:45:00 AM
This piece reminded me of a few I have written about duality and the dichotomies that make up the human condition. I loved the questioning of "self". Very reflective and introspective. Great poem, Richard; enjoyed it very much :)
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Just That Archaic Poet
Date: 2/10/2014 10:07:00 AM
Thanks, and so have you, much more so than I. Hats off to you, my friend. You're a damn good writer :)
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Richard Lamoureux
Date: 2/10/2014 10:03:00 AM
You have done good my friend!
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Just That Archaic Poet
Date: 2/10/2014 9:48:00 AM
You might be proud of me; I wrote a free-verse this morning, actually lol
Date: 2/8/2014 2:03:00 PM
Powerful! Your voice can be versatile as it chooses. But, the heart knows its roots. Tremendous.
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Richard Lamoureux
Date: 2/10/2014 10:02:00 AM
Thanks Drake.;0)
Date: 2/8/2014 9:37:00 AM
Richard; for a minute there - you were confuseing me, but it is only you and no one else. Just be yourself. Take care and God bless you.... Lucilla
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Richard Lamoureux
Date: 2/8/2014 10:52:00 AM
Thanks Lucilla.
Date: 2/8/2014 12:34:00 AM
For a moment there, I was beginning to think I was you, but I am me , so not you, unless you was I, then me could be you, if I was you, oh well even we are confused!!! Great write!
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Richard Lamoureux
Date: 2/8/2014 7:13:00 AM
Great Responce from from the whole bunch of you, we really enjoyed it!
Date: 2/7/2014 2:44:00 PM
Richard, you are two of the best poets I know!! my best, chuck
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Richard Lamoureux
Date: 2/8/2014 12:12:00 AM
Good one Chuck, we both say thanks!
Date: 2/6/2014 3:56:00 PM
A poem for the modern world ? i wonder, or just an ancient problem you have revitalized here wonderfully....
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Richard Lamoureux
Date: 2/7/2014 7:33:00 AM
Perhaps both, thanks Harry.
Date: 2/6/2014 3:17:00 PM
This is very nice. I was hoping you were going to make it into a grammar poem!! The difference between when we use me or I!! But it ended up being a lovely love poem instead.
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Richard Lamoureux
Date: 2/7/2014 7:34:00 AM
Good morning Andrea, I'm glad you liked it.
Date: 2/6/2014 8:34:00 AM
Very creative! Love the next to the last stanza. Sometimes I feel like I am outside knocking on my own door.
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Richard Lamoureux
Date: 2/6/2014 10:19:00 AM
I know the feeling.
Date: 2/6/2014 7:55:00 AM
This is a perfect little story. It would be a great first reader similar to a Dr. Seuss work.. Very well done Richard
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Richard Lamoureux
Date: 2/7/2014 8:33:00 AM
Below in Eileen's I made a refference to your comment regarding Dr. Seuss but for some reason it kept popping down to her. Oddly the there only can be one comment was meant for her and it posted on yours.
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Richard Lamoureux
Date: 2/6/2014 10:17:00 AM
There can only be one *lol*
Date: 2/6/2014 7:55:00 AM
Hmmmmmm.....another one of YOU...all the better, I say! :) Welcome!
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Eileen Manassian
Date: 2/6/2014 11:49:00 AM
Ummmmmmmm....I'm confused....I think that your I is messing around with your me.....see???? Ha ha.... ;-)
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Richard Lamoureux
Date: 2/6/2014 10:18:00 AM
My I phone is doing weird things. See my response to you below.
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Richard Lamoureux
Date: 2/6/2014 10:16:00 AM
Oops see note below which I meant for you.
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Richard Lamoureux
Date: 2/6/2014 10:14:00 AM
Oops, see note above.
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Richard Lamoureux
Date: 2/6/2014 10:14:00 AM
Oops twice see note above.
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Richard Lamoureux
Date: 2/6/2014 10:13:00 AM
That is an interesting thought. I used to love the Cat in the hat. Thanks for the comment and memory.
Date: 2/6/2014 6:34:00 AM
The welcome carpet is ready...for you to step on and move in.No matter how and what others see in us...We are who We are as We are.A cleverly crafted poem Richard..
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Richard Lamoureux
Date: 2/6/2014 10:11:00 AM
Ha ha, thanks. It is always nice to be welcomed.
Date: 2/6/2014 5:37:00 AM
- Me too: "I only want to be me" - a very honest poem - I open my door for you - nice to read Richard - Have a nice day. - oxox // Anne-Lise :)
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Richard Lamoureux
Date: 2/6/2014 5:44:00 AM
You as well Anne Lise. You are up early as well.

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