We Live By Our Myths



Folk and fairytales.
“Innocent” nursery rhymes.
Biblical tales.
Literature — in general.
All have hidden messages.

All convey some truths.
Displayed, revealed — embellished.
Artfully portrayed.
Fancifully kept alive.
In ancient myths and legends.

These are documents.
And they must all be treasured.
Must be kept alive.
As historical records.
To be preserved with much care.

Poets write of them.
They are a special genre.
Of information.
Philosophers mention them.
They are who — and what we are.

We are all dreamers.
We are all storytellers.
Our lives are mythic.
Some truths known — and some hidden.
Some forever falsified.

We live by our myths.
Ours are “truthful” — others “false.”
We classify things.
We are all classifiers.
Living a life of Tall Tales.

About this poem

Mankind calls itself “Homo Sapiens.” Mankind is a mythical creature ever inventing and re-inventing “reality” in order to make sense of that which remains beyond mankind’s earthly senses. His mythical invention of himself becomes mankind’s own autobiography. We live by our myths.

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Written on May 04, 2022

Submitted by karlcfolkes on May 04, 2022

Modified on April 08, 2023

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Scheme AXAXX XXXBX XXBXX CXDCX EEXDX XXXAA
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Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5

Karl Constantine FOLKES

Retired educator of Jamaican ancestry with a lifelong interest in composing poetry dealing particularly with the metaphysics of self-reflection; completed a dissertation in Children’s Literature in 1991 at New York University entitled: An Analysis of Wilhelm Grimm’s “Dear Mili” Employing Von Franzian Methodological Processes of Analytical Psychology. The subject of the dissertation concerned the process of Individuation. more…

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