Lost in a tavern far beyond your wildest imagination
Caught up in a glaze twisting and wondering
What could have been if I would turn to a different path
Far away from this maze.
Am I still real for being this uptight over this dilemma
While you are preoccupied with your never-ending drama?
Am I real or am I not? Is this me or just a silly dummy
At times I feel as though I’m out of my own body.
I chose to immerse in this tantamount abyss
Looking at the mirror now I find a total mess
Yes, you ‘d utter scary as it may seem
Got my own self to finally redeem.
Am I real for feeling this intensifying longing
These upturns and downturns is really sickening
I yearn one fine day would be given to me of being set free
From these chains I am in and simply remain being me!
Elizabeth E. Castillo Copyright 2011
” Am I Real ? ” makes full use of the poetic tradition of utilising metaphor and allegory for actual real-world issues and concerns. Intriguing. (Editorial Correction) Please take a look at the line in the last verse. Upturns and downturns being plural requires that the line should read, These ( not this) upturns and downturns are ( not is).
Thanks, Louis for the wonderful comment! Yes, just noticed the unintentional grammatic error just now. Thanks!
Edited my poem now 🙂 thanks !
Thank you not only for your admirable attention to detail,but also for the exemplary and courteous manner in which you responded to the editorial prompt.
Very well written.
thanks, gopallahiri 🙂
“Am I Real?
Is a question which we all face, Dilemma
well written, connects and then sets you free.
good use of words..