Identities

Who am I?
Who should we be?
What is the world?
What is life?

I am the embodiment
Of my past experiences
Of the people I listen to
And the ideas I reflect

We should be who we want
But not what we want
Use wisdom to see
What is worth being

The world isn't what it should be
Just a line of imperfections
Just a shadow of the light
A reflection of what should be

Life is a trek of occurrences
Think of the destination
Think about the end
And see where you end up

I am the corrections of my past
We are who we choose to be
The world isn't what we paint it as
And life is all but a destination

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This poem was made for a poem and story booklet that the 8th grade made called "Literati". I didn't make it into their first edition, and being devastated, I was determined to submit every poem I've ever written and then some. Looking over their first edition, I saw they liked these philosophical poems with symbolism; not really my style. I made this one in hopes that it fit their tastes; oddly enough, this one didn't make it, but a couple others did.