Do you ever feel that the people around you really don't know you at all? Sometimes, I put up walls that make it hard to know my true feelings. Sometimes, people don't even try to really know me. This week, Mama Kat's Writer's Workshop inspired me to write about what others would realize if they truly knew me.
If you know me, you know that my favorite color is blue.
If you really knew me, you would say that my favorite color is the gray of the ocean after a storm.
If you know me, you know that I want to travel the world, to see the sights.
If you really knew me, you would see that I'm comfortable in my little house, in the safety of its walls.
If you know me, you know that I have a gift for scathing sarcasm.
If you really knew me, you would hear insecurity rising in the intonations of my voice.
If you know me, you know that I've got my whole life planned from now to forever.
If you really knew me, you would realize I'm terrified to make the wrong choice, to fail.
If you know me, you know that I'm an introvert.
If you really knew me, you would hear the neediness in my silences.
If you know me, you know that I'm trying to grow up.
If you really knew me, you would see that I need my momma just like everyone else.
If you know me, you know that I don't like to stand out in the crowd.
If you really knew me, you would hear me shouting, "Here I am! Notice me!"
If you really knew me, you would know that I want it all.
16 comments:
I love this - it speaks to my soul!
I like the way you did this--very interesting! You get an A from me on this assignment!
Stopping by from writer's workshop. Here's a link to mine: http://zemeks.blogspot.com/2011/04/ill-wear-white-pants-if-i-want-to.html
I love the way you crafted this piece. The "surface" you, then the deeper real you.
Stopped by from Mama Kat's.
A very, very cool post!
I like that! That post had me smiling!
Nicely done.
I, too, participated in Mama Kat's workshop today.
I like the way you did this! And it's so true, isn't it? That what we know of a person is really just perception.
I loved that you included the facade of you and the real you. It's so true, we all have the outside and the inside, what people think and what is really true. Great post!
visiting from Mama Kat's
I like this as well. Love the contradictions, and we all have them. Cool post.
I like how you wrote this with the differences between if you know me and if you really know me. I am very much like you in some of these areas.
A really well done post! I did the same prompt and took a completely different direction.
loved this, loved how you took 2 viewpoints, beautifully done and lovely to stop by and say hi x
I loved this. Beautifully written! :)
i love the way you show what others see on the surface, and what is in the layers beneath it, too. I am glad to get to know you! I wrote my prompt this week from the "if you really knew me" line too.
I really like how you wrote this. Stopping by from Mama Kat's.
Your take on this prompt is awesome. It highlights the fact that even the people who know us don't REALLY know us. So, so true. I can count on one hand the people who REALLY know me. Or maybe no one does. Wow -- that's a lonely realization!
Love the way you wrote this! Love it!
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