It’s Not Easy Being Me

[Pendragon]

It’s Not Easy Being Me

It’s not easy being me—
Trying to face reality in a world of make-believe.
Where do I go from here?
Will there be firm ground on which to stand?
I’m endeavoring to fight a battle, without so much as a plan…

It’s not easy being me—
I’m starting to question all the things that I believe.
Everything is so uncertain,
Difficult to comprehend—
And I have so many questions about who and why and when…

It’s not easy being me—
Trying to contain the uncontainable in fragile boundaries.
They say someday I’ll know;
But can I hold on until then?
Undertaking to hold all of Eternity in the palm of my own hand…

It’s not easy being me—
A fog-shrouded island in a dark tempestuous sea.
I recall that there is a place
Where the water kisses the land—
Yet I feel like I’m just drifting; and I’m just too weak to swim…

It’s not easy being me—
Then again, who am I supposed to be?
My thoughts cannot be so complex,
That you cannot follow the path of my pen.
In my sometimes-haunting whispers, can I make you understand?

Hey—
It’s not easy being me—

Dale Harris
© 9/30/97

[Lote-Tree]

A good poem Pen. I can understand where you are coming from.

[Virgil]

A very good poem, Pen. it seemed to get stronger and stronger as it went. This was my favorite stanza:

It’s not easy being me—
Trying to contain the uncontainable in fragile boundaries.
They say someday I’ll know;
But can I hold on until then?
Undertaking to hold all of Eternity in the palm of my own hand…
I like that notion of "fragile boundaries" to discribe your illness, which is what I think you're referring to.

[Pensive]

That's a very good poem which I think many of us can relate to...


It’s not easy being me—
Then again, who am I supposed to be?
My thoughts cannot be so complex,
That you cannot follow the path of my pen.
In my sometimes-haunting whispers, can I make you understand?

Hey—
It’s not easy being me—

You are not alone there. That's how mostly writers are like. They can find out the answers of the most difficult questions yet make seem the easiest of questions look hard to the readers...

Keep on writing, Pen!

[dibyendra]

This is so good poem having powerful stanzas. I can relate my life with this poem and my heart starts questioning like your poem questioned Pen. I really loved this poem. A very great piece! :thumbs_up

[CdnReader]

I like this very much indeed, Pen. The entire poem is beautifully written, but I especially loved this....



It’s not easy being me—
Trying to contain the uncontainable in fragile boundaries.

and this...


It’s not easy being me—
Just a fog-shrouded island in a dark tempestuous sea.
I recall that there is a place
Where the water kisses the land—
Yet I feel like I’m just drifting; and I’m just too weak to swim…

I wonder, would you consider dropping one of those "justs"?

[Pendragon]

I like this very much indeed, Pen. The entire poem is beautifully written, but I especially loved this....



and this...

I wonder, would you consider dropping one of those "justs"?I would, and did. That was the "fragile" part in that verse. Thank you! http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l108/AbsalomKane/Smilies/BlowaKiss.gif

I surprised no one commented on the parody of "It's Not Easy Being Green" which is what this poem started out as. I had that tune running through my head. I can do voice imitations fairly well, so I was singing like Kermit.

[aashishameya]

its never easy to be what you are! but faith just keeps us going...good poem