What kind of person do you imagine wrote this poem?

Question

If you leap too fast I may see you fall down first.
I hadn't lost until you won.
That was yesterday.

I could walk faster if you ran slower.
But I wouldn't like being followed.
Creaping through the shadows like they were real.

I had a penny yesterday,
YOu had several you'd sell me for mine.
More valuable now that it is gone today.

I broke a glass and you were there.
My mind was on the moon.
And all you saw was the empty space behind my eyes.

I reached for the sky and my fingers felt the air,
YOu could taste it if you had a head.
I could feel it if my fingers hadn't.

My feet burned when I cried,
You never stood still long enough.
It happened before I opened my eyes.

Answer 1

That's a good poem. Whoever wrote it really thinks about stuff, rather than just accepting it.

I like the way the 2 opposing characters (I, you) seem to be a part of the same body, but they have completely opposite perspectives. The "You" character seems to be unintentionally wounding the "I" character. I would guess that it symbolizes the battle of mind and heart, or maybe spirit and body.

Or maybe I'm reading too much into it. I think the author must be experiencing some type of internal conflict though. Well written.

Answer 2

Someone who is searching for something but doesn't know what it is. A seeker. I think they lost something recently, and are missing it. Cheer up, this feeling won't last forever. It passes with time, as everything does.

Answer 3

an anachronistic one. the poem is old fashioned