Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Yada yada yada insert cliche here

Mind somewhere unknown. Tired. Poem I've been meaning to put up. yeah, yeah, same style. New thoughts. Didn't sleep well. Couldn't sleep. Need a nap. Sigh.

Who defines us?
Are our parents
The lone scupltors
Of our identities?
Or are we born in
An inescapable mold?

Are we like stone?
Once a chip is made
Will it ever come out?
Does everyone we meet
Carve us into who
They think we are?
Or do people's impressions
Have no effect?

Are we like clay?
Are we sensitive to
Even the slightest pressure?
Can we be squished
And restarted at
The will of our sculptors?

Who would be our sculptor?
Our peers? Our parents?
The people we talk to?
In the end, do they
Make us into lumps
Of clay, and chipped
Hunks of stone?

2 comments:

Luke said...

This is not the same style at all! It is much more thought provoking and you are comparing people to a sculpture.

First stanza, I think, should be re-written. Our parents are the sculptors, so how can it be a "lone sculptor"? Also, check the spelling. It's hard for me to type on the computer, too :(

I love it, though! This is actually quite different from you and I love it. Great job :)

Dojo-Shop geek said...

I meant lone sculptors, it was a typo. :P