80% Relatively Fixed.

There is one small item on the docket that I fear you do not understand

Although I remain, virtues rusted remnant

80% fixed

20% flawed

Slightly broken and the edges of my frame by the unchained hounds of hell gnawed

I am

Still,

a totally different man

Yes I have recognize that underneath the rocks foundation lays a lingering layer of loose sand

This isn’t sufficient enough to level this new house

and my stability isn’t predicated on what I am trying to live with or

ironically without

and

yes I am human and therefore from time to time I may have fleeting doubts

Even this doesn’t define who or what I am inside

Even this does not give you or others the right

Even when I wasn’t doing what is righteous

To claim that what you see is simply an image that hides a lie

When really from time to time a virtual mirage floats by

So as I said before and it bears saying again for the sake of inculcation

Whatever it is you have conjured in your biased mind or tepid imagination

I am not who or what you think me to be

I am not the pages of your textbook psychology

Neither is this the return of your previous lover or man

The am not the sum of my strong sexuality

I will not succumb to your perception of my mentality

Despite your self appointed crown of an armchair Nostradamus

You know nothing of my personal eventuality

and what is more in truth and actuality

You know almost nothing about me

Copyright ©2011 by j. k. Bradford, All Rights Reserved

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  • LadyElena on Feb 6, 2011

    Another interesting Poem – thanks.

  • pattiann on Feb 6, 2011

    Very good poem. pattiann

  • Spiritt on Feb 6, 2011

    Yes, I guess we all can assume we know a person, when we do not.

    There are many surprises which await us.

  • Judy Sheldon on Feb 6, 2011

    Part of getting to know someone is the wonder in unwrapping the mystery… Lovely poetry.

  • Inna Tysoe on Feb 6, 2011

    Well written.

  • Jerry Bradford aka Jerry Atrixx on Feb 6, 2011

    THANKS GANG :-)

  • The Real Poet on Feb 7, 2011

    ouch! you go boy! Nice hooks and pitches; armchair Nostradamus, classic!

  • CHIPMUNK on Feb 7, 2011

    great share

  • lillyrose on Feb 7, 2011

    Wrist slapped! this describes perfectly the relationships we think we form.
    Someone said we are like onions, we have so many layers. So true I think. (Just remembered where I heard that saying… It was said by Shrek in one of the Shrek movies.
    Liked the song from the BooB

  • Jerry Bradford aka Jerry Atrixx on Feb 7, 2011

    Thanks!

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