Psycho-Babble Writing Thread 392075

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I am one

Posted by Jai Narayan on September 17, 2004, at 17:08:08

I am one
then number two appears
the other is only a part of this one
so, is it number two
do I now say I am two
do I extend my self to you as well
now appear two others
am I now 4
how do I become more than one
Jai

Re: I am one » Jai Narayan

Posted by Atticus on September 17, 2004, at 20:20:16

In reply to I am one, posted by Jai Narayan on September 17, 2004, at 17:08:08

I understand, given your background, given your childhood, why it is probably difficult to summon the trust to extend yourself to others and no longer feel you are just one. I had a bipolar parent myself, given to emotionally and physically violent rages that were as inexplicable as the patterns of the weather. I can only speak from my own viewpoint; extending myself to others has provided a mixture of fulfilling experiences and stinging ones. But I guess I've come to feel that happening upon one or two fulfilling ones more than balances the hurts of the much more numerous disappointing experiences. It's true that sometimes being one, being lonely, is thrust upon us. But I also realize that more often than I've realized, I've thrust it upon myself as well. Atticus

Re: I am one

Posted by Jai Narayan on September 17, 2004, at 20:29:06

In reply to Re: I am one » Jai Narayan, posted by Atticus on September 17, 2004, at 20:20:16

My poem is about being pregnant and having a child. Then realizing I was not just me but two people. Then him having two children and being suddenly 4 people. It's about the strange feeling one has when children beget children and you wonder am I still only me. Since I gave my child up for adoption it has an even stranger feeling to be so many...in a line/heritage.

I like your interpertation. I too had a bipolar parent, my mother. so I can relate.
I wondered how this poem would come across.

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