Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, DISCOVERY, by CAROL PHILLIPS


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DISCOVERY, by                    
First Line: I looked at me one day, one day
Last Line: To think that I am all of these.
Subject(s): Poetry & Poets


I looked at me one day, one day,
And made a strange discovery;
I am not me at all, at all,
But all this that pretends it's me.

I am a laugh that some one liked,
I am a walk that I acquired;
I am a scent of long-gone hours,
Of lullaby and dreams half-fired.

I am a scrap of poetry,
I am a prayer I learned to lisp;
I am that hidden unnamed fear,
I am the first shy-given kiss.

Although I am not me at all
I had to laugh at fate's bland tease,
That I who thought that I was me --
To think that I am all of these.





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