Who We Are
Am I my own teacher who taught me?
When no one can tell me who I am?
I am my own salvation I cannot see
I am simply... who I am
Ninety seconds to mean a moment
One second to alter life as we know it
Thirty seconds to create a distant
How many seconds in life do we need?
I know stuff but how did I know?
I do not remember anyone telling me things
Can I stop learning tomorrow?
Can I yet be where I have never been?
Education cannot teach us to be who we are
Only a vast information of past that was
Its only us who sets us apart with a neon bar
And its only us who blames us to be the cause
I cannot teach you to be
When even myself I do not know who I am
You can only be who you want to see
For you are you and I am who I am
Copyright © Joel Lee | Year Posted 2013
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