Notes About The Poem

do we REALLY know what's going on, with others, internally?

Bright Unknown

Each stanza is a 5-7-5 Haiku

You don’t know me
Not really. You just might see
someone smiling bright

You might hear a laugh
skipping off my dark surface
inside I am rough

I am scrubbing on
interior surfaces in a
measured tyranny
Copyright © | Year Posted 2020

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Gondolf Avatar
August 8, 2020 at 8:50 AM
People can only truly know you if YOU choose to let them in. As I have gotten old I found that the more I let people know me the more close friendships I have but choose your friends wisely. Have a great weekend. John
Vionet Avatar
August 8, 2020 at 11:24 AM
That's so true - I'm lucky - I do have two friends that I can completely confide in =]
Rodrigues Avatar
August 7, 2020 at 6:47 AM
We really don’t but it is good to have a heart to heart, attempt to know. Have you heard of the “Johari Window.” I find it fascinating. For example, there are things someone knows about you that you don’t know about yourself. There are four quadrants. Let me know if you look it up. It helped to see myself and others in a whole different way.
Vionet Avatar
August 7, 2020 at 8:25 AM
Thank you =] I've never heard of it - but I'm looking it up now
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