"Perception"

By Penny4athought

Sun, 02 Aug 2020
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We may live on the same street

Perhaps in the same building

But I will see events

Through a prism

Created

By my experiences

I’ll interpret facts

As truth

And you will conclude

An entirely different

Scenario

Even as we stand together

Viewing the same happening

The paths we’ve traveled

The lessons from parents

Grandparents

Teachers

And peers

Will intervene

And

What we see

What we believe to be true

Is intrinsic

Though physically

We’re sharing one world

We are actually

Billions

Upon billions

Of individual perceptions

Tiny human bubbles

Of self righteous thought

Existing in dimensions

Entirely our own

 

 

 

Certificate 12
Poem
Philosophy

Comments

Submitted by onemorething on

I like this Penny, and I think that is so true that we are each viewing the world through our own prisms of experience. Prisms is such a good way of framing it. I like the way too that you take this from the individual to all the billions of us in our bubbles. Rachel :)

 

Submitted by Penny4athought on

 Thank you, Rachel. I wanted to extend this some but thought it read well enough as a short poem but I may tweak it yet- I'm glad you liked the prism reference, it is how I see it too.smiley

Penny4athought

Submitted by skinner_jennifer on

Hi Penny,

I like how you explain the fact that we humans are all individual, drawn to some kindred spirits that have a deep impact on our lives. The prism is a very clever idea too, it's what makes the world go round and shines on us all differently.

Nice way of looking at life.

Jenny.

 

Submitted by Penny4athought on

Hi Jenny- Thank you - Yes, we do gravitate to those who share a simpatico with us but opposition can bend our rigidity too, if we let it. Still, it’s those building blocks, sometimes stumbling blocks, from childhood that first shaped our outlook on the world and those set determinations can get in the way sometimes but we can change, or tweak, our perceptions when we profoundly collide with others.smiley  

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Submitted by Hades502 on

This could actually be prose if you threw in some punctuation, but it works as poetry too. I like the idea behind it.

GGHades502

Submitted by Penny4athought on

Thank you- I know it's not tightly done. I should have tweaked it a bit more and perhaps prose would be better. I truly do appreciate your comments and I'm glad you liked the idea of it.smiley

Penny4athought