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Wednesday, November 1, 2006
I'm Only Human
Poetic inspiration, coming out of nowhere, as it normally does. I love this poem so damn much. I don't have anything else to say.
I’m Only Human…
By: Keon Davis
They say, “To err is human,
But forgiveness is divine.”
I’m not one to play GOD,
As you know…
I’m only human…
I, too, feel pain when I am struck.
When a knife pierces my flesh,
I still bleed
The same dark red blood
That falls as tears do,
Just like everyone else.
I’m only human….
Though I try to make myself
Appear to be invulnerable,
I, too, can be wounded.
Fear can be struck
Into my heart as well;
Terror can still pulse
Through my veins,
And there are places
That even I dare not venture,
Again,
For I know of the horrors
That lie there….
I am only human…
Nowhere near perfect,
I am flawed on every level,
As all men are.
I lie, mostly to myself…
I regret, I blame, I hurt,
I can be hurt….
I am cursed
With every imperfection
That befalls all of humanity;
Yes, even you.
I’m only human…
Neither my mind,
Nor my heart,
Are invincible.
They both can be lead astray;
They both allow themselves
To be manipulated
By the deranged puppeteer
Who all men fall prey to:
Emotions….
Blinding all sense of logic,
Causing one to forget that
I’m only human,
As are you.
Maybe that’s where
The trouble lies.
Not in the fact that
I tried to disguise my
Own mortality,
But that I failed to
Recognize yours….
To see that you are not
Infallible, that you are
Subject to the same
Flaws and imperfections
As the rest of us.
That you are not divine,
But the same as I, for
I’m only human….
I cannot be held accountable,
For things beyond my control.
Decisions that I make,
Stem from my humanity,
My flaws, my mortality,
My pain, my fears…
Because of that,
I escape your judgmental eye…
I’m only human…
And nothing I can do
Will ever change that,
No matter how much
We want it to.
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