Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Emily Dickinson

I'm nobody!  Who are you?


I'm nobody!  Who are you?
Are you nobody, too?
Then there's a pair of us -- don't tell!
They'd banish -- you know!

How dreary to be somebody!
How public like a frog
To tell one's name the livelong day
To an admiring bog!

This poem is by Emily Dickinson.  I like this poem because like some writers and artists I tend to be somewhat reclusive at times.  Don't get me wrong, I'm a very social person and enjoy times spent with my family and friends but I also like to spend time with just myself.  If you think about it:  Me, myself, and I...