January 30, 2009
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This Poem Is Not About You
(So… as usual, there is a preface to this piece. I love it. Period. If you don’t understand it… maybe it isn’t for you to. I hope you can appreciate it though, maybe you can’t. Who really knows. But… I really love it. Been a LONG time since I felt that way about a piece I wrote.)
This poem is not about you BUT… it’s about you
Every thing you said to me that wasn’t ever true
And all the things you said I’d never be able to do
Because you… simply… aren’t that important in reality
You only had power because I thought you were so real to me
When you were really only what I needed you to be
I asked you for support, of course you gave what you could
I leaned because you welcomed me, beside me is where you stood
But this poem… has never EVER been about you
It’s always been about me, but all you see is Y-O-U
Because that’s all your eyes allow you to view
But what you’re eyes don’t allow you to see
Is that THIS poem… has always been about me
Cause I bear the burden of the hurting on my shoulder
Self told me be strong, I’m trying is what I told her
Self said that’s not enough, tough is what the world is made of
Dammit girl, get it together, what is it that you’re afraid of
And… my life took a pause…
Because…
I was so busy including you in my life, I lost sight of me
Sight of all my dreams, all the things I wanted myself to be
Seeeeeee….. Wanting you in my life was easy to do
But putting you out was a game you refused to lose
Because you think it’s always been about you
It could never, ever be about what I learned about me
Through your petty arrogant eyes, I finally saw that she
That I always knew I was but was just too damn afraid to embrace
The she that was waiting to burst thru the broken pieces and replace
ME
Cause she had always been inside, I was just too blind to see
That I didn’t really need you, but you may have needed me
And this poem… has still… never EVER been about you
It’s always been about me, but all you will see is the Y, the O, and the U
Because that’s all that you’re self-absorbed eyes will allow you to view.1/29/2009 © ISLYmore
Comments (11)
i love this. i need it framed and shipped, YESTERDAY. and i like this new theme u have here isly.
@blazinhott99 - new theme? lol… its kinda old now. lol. but thanks for commentin missie. been a min since i’ve seen you. hope you are well. i hope every takes somethin away from it. im glad you did, really. i deeply appreciate you droppin your thots. i was a lil worried about this one/but not really at the same time. (?)
Hmmm… love the hidden messages… brings a lot of different scenarios and arises the curiosity… This is good, and I like the fact that even though you took a break from writing, you still have it, and you can bring it whenever you feel like it…
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This brings tears to my eyes… sometimes I wish there was a place to go to buy your poetry. Most of the things I read from you hit a spot with me because they remind me of where I was broken, where I can still be broken. And you put wonderful words to it and make it that much more real and sharp. LOVE IT.
HOT DAMN! This was……..wow…I see why you’re proud of this piece. You brought alot of different levels to the table with this one. The introspection, the growth, embracing ones self, facing reality….oh man…Isly…….wow……jus wow Ms. Lady…..I applaud you for this one….
I felt you in this piece. Dayum, I feel you in ALL of your pieces, though. You help yourself and other people when you write like this. Writing releases the shyt that people keep inside. This needed to be let out. Women AND men feel like this, because they give to a “taker”, and shyt be so one-sided. Peeps like that are selfish and full of themselves and they learned it from somewhere, and THEY wonder what is wrong with other people EXCEPT them.
When two hurting people meet each other, they hopefully can build something together that they should have received a long time ago. It’s good to see people smile, you know?
@dadj_21 - you are always so in tune. thank you for commenting as usual.
@apennieformythoughts - there will be a place to buy my poetry. sooner than i planned, im working on some things. dont worry you will know as soon as kinks are straightened out. im glad i can touch someone with my words. lucky to have you as a fan.
@dafeelingsinside - HOT DAMN! absolutely my reaction after it was written. yeah… *curtsies* i deeply appreciate you coming along. srsly!! you know… you was poetried out on me and all… but thanks for coming thru.
@Applejacque - you always manage to have an absolutely loveable response. i appreciate you whenever you come thru because you manage to keep it soooooo real. and i love it. keep visiting, okay!?
this is how you come back strong. ISLYmore, this is what you rep at your core. i admire this and your talent. like always, you do ya thang and we will always want more of what you right when you write.
@Arrive__Arcane - now… what is it that I rep at my core might I ask? thanks for commenting tho. its been a while since I’ve written something that I was entirely proud of. nice of you to comment. thanks again.
Beautiful
Wow I have to admit reading it again and again its gets better. there are so many different things I feel while reading this and see while reading it that. i was to just put out there. I have to commend u for the cander and the opend oor u gave on this work. U have definatly opened the door a whole lot as it relates to writing and findings ones center. this is a tale of two people but one person at the same thing. conintue to work at it and become stronger as a person. peace be with you