--- title: I Am Someone date: 2006-11-09T08:21:12Z modified: 2006-11-09T08:21:12Z permalink: "https://www.poetryoflife.com/i-am-someone/" type: post status: publish excerpt: "" wpid: 44 categories: - Life Poems author: Praveen Kumar timestamp: 2006-11-09T08:21:12Z tags: - Life Poems --- I am someone I walked past a dead face even though the person was alive I saw my eyes in the mirror and cried at the sight I looked at a person I didn¹t know and I met a friend I got heads to turn when I walked past I learned a lot about myself when I lost a new friend I cried every tear in my body when I thought about love I got hit bad then got back in the ring I climbed a [mountain](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/scaling-the-mountain-of-life.md) of rocks and saw an eagle fly over- head I heard terrible things about myself when no one thought I was listening I realized I was strong when I didn¹t cry when it hurt I found out who I was when I was with [someone else](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/through-someone-elses-eyes.md) I thought I was lost forever when a friend found me I held [a life](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/a-life.md) in my hand and it was my own I was a pawn in someone else’s game so I surrendered to a brook I walked the fine line between [surviving](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/survive.md) and not wanting to survive I still am I am someone