Who Am I

who am i
does anyone 
know

who am i
does anyone
care

i know lots of people
but i have
no real friends

i chat, laugh
and sympathize-
but it's all pretend

when left alone
with moments 
to ponder

i look inside
and try hard
to find

the real me
my essence
the me left behind

i'm ashamed 
to admit
i'm ashamed to say

the real me
is buried
deeply packed away

i waited 
too long
to unpack myself

that myself
is long gone
and i'm just a mess
Copyright © | Year Posted 2014

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May 7, 2016 at 8:21 AM
TERRIN, this is an awesome poem, thank you for sharing. *SKAT*
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May 2, 2016 at 10:50 AM
Terri, nice to see this one again. LINDA
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August 29, 2014 at 4:26 PM
Hi Terri,, Stopping by with a nice, sweet Welcome to Poetry Soup. I will get much delight, in reading and in time become familiar with your verse. As for now, I will greet you with the same smile, others passed, when I first join the soup 4 years ago. I wish you the best when it comes to your compositions. I hope you get to meet all the nice poets around here. Starting with me. SKAT :-) Please drop a hello and tell me a little about yourself if you wish. I would like to be your newest poetry soup "FRIEND" Hugs* SKAT
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August 29, 2014 at 9:40 AM
I know exactly how you fell, Terri, A nice warm WELCOME to poetry soup. I hope you enjoy the community. You'll find many friendly poets, who are ready to support and give positive feedback. I want to be the first to invite you on over, to the contest page. I OFFER MY CONTEST, in hopes it inspires you to write another poem. I'm looking forward to following you and your poetry:) Here's the link to the contest page. http://www.poetrysoup.com/poetry_contests/ <---~Take Care!! From: your new poet friend @-> LINDA <-@
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August 29, 2014 at 8:49 AM
- Warm welcome to PoetrySoup, Terri - I choose your first good written poem - Well done - Nice to meet you! - Hope you will be satisfied with our "soup family" - we are many .. but has plenty of room for you too- Be kind and keep PoetrySoup as a haven PoetrySoup is a drama free zone(Comment on the poetry of others and they will comment on yours.) Thank you posted your words and thoughts here, I want to come back to read more another day. - oxox // Anne-Lise :)
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August 28, 2014 at 6:08 PM
Hi Terri, this is such a deep powerful write and it reminds me of one of mine called "Do you know me?" which is along the same lines. You may want to take a peek at it. I wish you a warm welcome to PoetrySoup and happy writings. Pandita
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August 28, 2014 at 6:14 PM
thank you for your kind words. i will definitely check your poem out. i'll respond in kind after i read it.
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