Do you see only what your heart dictates for you to see?

Question

I know what I'm TRYING to say here, would you share with me what YOU think I'm trying to say, I think I need your help! Thank you.

Long line near shrine's entrance,

A miracle they've come to see.

"She weeps, our blessed Mother!"

Proclaim the faithful as they leave.

The skeptics, with shake of head

Respond, "No tears did we behold."

Who is right? Did tears flow?

Strange dichotomy here at play.

Believers see their desires reflected

While closed hearts, predetermined

Not to see, make dry eyes

Their reality.

He looks at me, and though shed

Tears are wet upon my cheeks,

Still he sees nothing, the dynamics

The same. I, like porcelain lady

Remain defined by his own cold

Heart projected upon my form.

Answer 1

I think you're trying to say something along the lines of, "It's within my sight but I don't want to see," or "It's there, but I don't want it to be there."

Ignore my bluntness it's a signature quality of mine.

It's very good.

Answer 2

Faith, belief, cannot be seen. It must be felt. You said it well and your voice has been heard.

Answer 3

I don't think bout the meaning when i read this i appreciate the art of your writing. The art is so appealing that it dominates the message. I'll give a second read later, hang on. As for now, good job ma...(that's what i call my mom too!)

Answer 4

Faith between people is comparable to religious faith.  It's the persons who matter.  Without faith there is no real love, without love there is coldness and an empty hole.  Let the tears flow.

Answer 5

You have written a poem about something you and many of us question. We 'naturally', not by spirit, know that Deity is not in the Shrine, an instrument made by hands. However, His presence we know is boundless. So, it could be... but, it it real or not?  

Answer 6

It sounds to me like it's about others attempting to define us by their perception of us rather than our actual selves which may or may not be the same.  Is that even close?  Good though!

Answer 7

When we look on things of the heart, only the heart can fully comprehend what we are looking at.  If our heart is hardened to the point of rejection, no amount of seeing will make us believe.  Our hearts must have faith in order to believe that which we may not see, but also that which we do see.  For instant, My heart believes that MA is a genuinely concerned lady, and my head concurs.  I have faith, and I have seen her posts, these make me believe in her kindness.

Answer 8

I'm going with Cowbell on this here one ma. Whoosh only  2 more hrs and he'll be back. Thank goodness.

Very nicely done ma. LOL

Answer 9

Dang! Ma est Flamante!

Answer 10

You are asking for honesty and this is my interpretation. It is not directed personally. Nonetheless, it is a very good writing.

The strange contradiction shows that the porcelain lady doubts the miracles. Seeing, she does not believe because she remains untouched by a personal experience. The porcelain lady, even if touched with a miracle, would question the reality without faith.

What causes the skepticism, the unwilling pottery, or the cold stone without feeling, or both?

The question seems to remain because the poet is unsure and not willing to make a definite decision.

Answer 11

People are defined by the results of their own paradigms. We define them by their actions, their actions spring from their paradigms, the truth may be out to lunch somewhere and not even know the game has started.

Just because someone cries they may not be sad.

Just because someone is sad does not mean they cry.

Look beyond.

Answer 12

I believe that one can only behold the miracle if there is room in the heart for it, if there is the power to believe and to love in the heart of the beholder.  Your last lines define all of this so beautifully.  This is a fascinating and beautiful poem.  I love it.  Thank you.

Answer 13

Dang, Ma....there's no room for improvement. That's good.

Answer 14

Even honest emotion cannot shake a father's foundation when the foundation has been built on ice.