I heard a woman tell us a quote
This past Monday night
She told us what we all have in common
We're all icebergs
Staggered in this huge sea
She told us what we are
Selfish, conceited beings
Who only want to see
What we want to see
That we only see the 10%
And ignore the other 90%
We only see other people's icebergs
At the top 10% of their being
While we just let the 90% drown underneath
Sure, people intentionally only show us the top
But do we really mean it?
Just about everyone shows their 10%
As being their shield, their strengths
So nobody can see the vulnerable 90% below
Take that girl over there
From that 10% you see the obvious
She's so happy with her smiles brightening the room
But we refuse to look at that 90% underneath
She wants to show it
But we refuse to except that the 10%
Is only just a fraction in who she is
Because she isn't that happy girl
She's battling her own mind
But we don't notice
We only want to see that simple 10%
Depressed people smile the brightest anyways
And that bully from school?
We only see his 10%
But unlike the girl
He doesn't want us to see the 90%
We only see the obvious
He's bullying people, he's sadistic
But we don't even try to see the 90%
Because he's not the bully, he's the victim
He's weak from that abuse at home
So he wants to be viewed as strong
By bullying all those other people
With their own individual iceberg
And then there's me
Who's unknown about that entirety
That whole 100%
What I show, I don't know
It seems I never showed even 10%
Maybe why I seem so alone
Even when I'm surrounded by so many
Is the fact that I am unknown
I'm a stranger to everyone, even myself
And I'm just like an iceberg too
Lost at sea, neither floating nor drowning
Cold on the surface and on the inside too
Because being unknown to me
Is both a burden and protection
Jagged are my edges
I'm too messed up to have
My edges neat and straight and curved
No friend gets too attached with me
They can't hold onto the jagged edges
I don't blame them
I really don't think I can
I'm unknown
I'm an iceberg
And so are you
We all have those stories
We never dare to tell anyone
Nevertheless say out loud at all
We all hide from each other
It's a fact no matter if you like it or not
That what we all have in common is that
We're all icebergs
Lost in the world
Lost in ourselves
Lost in existence
Lost forever
Even though we're all visible
But who cares about that
If only the top 10% is?
Saturday, January 16, 2016
Icebergs (poem)
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Heartwarming and true... <3
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