An evocation of how we often feel as though we are possessors of multiple personalities. Touches on teen angst and how difficult it is for teenagers to form a sense of a stable identity in today's fast-paced, stressful, lacking-in-morals world.

This poem originally was published in Poems on Life - Teen Poems about Life

Two People In One
Two people in one,
one happy, one sad,
Two sides of me,
one mad and one glad.

There's only one side
I try to let show;
my feelings inside
the others don't know.

I'm two people in one,
as strange as that sounds,
the real me inside
no one has found.
127 Visitor Comments (from the Voting form)
  • randell
    This poem was very touching i give it two thumbs up
  • keny
    I love this poem so much is the best thing I have ever read in the whole world you shoul dwrite more and another one like this
  • airhead
    i really like it. I can relate to it a lot
  • kali
    i love u. its easy for me to say this because i dont no u but when i read this poem i wished i had written because then people might not judge me. they dont no me and you've captured this feeling perfectly, though its short and sweet i completely agree with everything u said
  • briana
    u did so good i feel your feelings in this poem
  • desiree
    It is good do more like this!
  • Brittany
    Thi spoem ahs touched me a great deal. i often feel as two people where living inside of me and both want to get out. thanks.
  • cayla
    its a really great poem. i relate to it.
  • Melissa
    Sound a lot like me.
  • victor
    your poem reminds me of myself for example my mom doesn't know the real me as the saying goes "we all wear mask"
  • SHAMBRIA
    This poem has really touched me thats how I feel
  • Amber
    The poem actually touched me, because it describes how I feel.
  • sarah
    good poem. ! hope i can write a poem like that one day
  • Rachel
    I loved it
  • Dynasti
    This poem is exactly how i feel and i luv it,i might have to copy this but i will surely give you all the credit you did ya thang keep it up!
  • BRi
    I love this poem it relates to me in so many ways. It's true and is cool how you put it down.
  • Rebecca
    i loved it because i feel the exact same way about myself, i'm gonna use it for poem in your pocket day! dont worry i'll tell them you wrote it
  • Taijhe
    I give it a 7 out 0f 10
  • Melissa
    I liked this poem because it makes sense. Everybody has two different people that lurk within them, but most people only meet half. The first half is coverup for how you want people to see you or understand your way of life, and the second is only shared with people special to you
  • Isabella
    That just makes me feel so calm. It makes free from everything around me.
  • Melinda
    this poem was very true about me. I can relate to this poem, because i feel like I'm two people in one.
  • Lucy
    I really like this poem. I think the rhyming in the 1st stanza sounds a little forced but that doesn't hinder how great i think the poem is :) I can really relate to it. I recently wrote a poem about being almost two people and being all messed up and stuff, so this is why I like it. Keep writing yeah?
  • Brianda
    I have just moved to a new city and im just coming out of homeschool so i can totally relate to that feeling of loneliness like no one is really trying to get to know the person inside of you. Mic Finger, writing poems is your thing!
  • emily
    this poem really got me. Right now im going through that sorta thing in my life. It's comforting to know that there are other people in the world that are going through the same thing. thx for expressing!
  • koala
    I feel like you do and its so hard. People dont know that i hurt when i smile and smile when i hurt.
  • Hayley
    u have probably heard this a million times but that poem is great it has depth and meaning to it and i can relate to it and its just great.
  • hannah
    i liked it. a lot. the writer rocks is he or she wrote that poem. truly awesome. and i feel the same way.
  • nikole
    i loved it. it was very good. it's good to know their are other people who feel the same way i do.
  • Heather
    This poem did really touch me. it really got me thinking about hiding your feelings and in essence yourself from everyone you know and love - i believe that's the mark of a great poem!
  • NONE
    this poem reminded me a lot about myself. It is a mellow poem on a deep topic. i liked it a lot. i found it when i was just looking around on pages and this was the first prem i found and it really helps me. it describes a lot of the feelings in a lor of people. thanks for sharing. RJ
  • melissa
    wow. this poem is really good. i totally relate to how you are feeling
  • gary
    Very nice poem, I can relate to it alot. Well done.
  • Becky
    thank you so much this is just what I needed, I hve been feeling this way for awile I just needed someone to put it into words
  • Anonymous
    I agree with the rest, IT WAS THE BEST! It Really touched me, My Friends don't really know who I am.
  • Courtney
    the reason i like this poem is Because i know what it is like to not have anybody who knows the real you not even by bff knows the real me
  • Kristin
    This poem really does touches me on the inside. I thought I was the only one who had felt this way. I want to thank you for writing this poem.
  • lana
    This poem is really deep and makes you think about you and that you do have 2 sides and people never see or know your feelings and what you think inside head. I really like this poem!
  • Sam
    OH MY GOD! your poem made chills run down my spine i have never read anything that reminded me soo much of the way i feel. I have never been able to capture that exact feeling the way you did!
  • Kendi
    This is a good poem. Around certain people i can't let my other emotions show through. It's hard for me sometimes but now i know i'm not the only one going through it.
  • Michelle
    I think your poem prefectly puts into words how I have felt all of my life, I could just never put how I felt into words as beautifully as you did. Thank you.
  • Yolanda
    that was very good. and it sound alike like myself.
  • Christina
    i love this it sounds like me and i wish i was talented enough to write a poem as good as this i just love it
  • Candace
    I LOVED THIS POEM, IT TOTALLY EXPLAINS ME ALSO, IM SO AMAZED SOMEONE OUT THERE IS LIKE ME, ALTHOUGH MOST OF MY LIFE IS BAD MEMORIES THAT NO ONE KNOWS ABOUT, YOU INSPIRE ME,
  • Zero
    I cant really describe why I liked this poem, it just touched me, you know?
  • Heather
    This is a true inspirational poem.
  • cj
    i love this poem it is exactly how i feel!
  • Ashtin
    This poem describes me more than anything I’ve ever read or heard. "Two people in one" is the perfect phrase to explain my mixed-up situation. However, this may be an explanation that requires an explanation. It doesn’t seem fair sometimes, that I have this other side of me that does not let me voice what I really think and feel, or what I really want to do. It’s as if I was born with the major birth defect of having two brains. One brain is my sad, thoughtful, more cynical and sarcastic self, and the other brain holds the part of me that doesn’t really think very far into things, and absolutely refuses to be anything but happy and content. The last two lines in the poem resonate inside my head more than any of the other statements the author makes. He says, "the real me inside, no one has found." I feel like the part of me that is kept private is the real me, not my stupidly happy outward self. If I describe myself as sarcastic to someone, especially someone here at STA, no one believes me, they think I’m joking. I suppose I’m describing my inner half, the one I had back in grade school without my giddy shell. I like the private part of me, the old me, so much better than my stupid self, I don’t think it’s fair that I can’t control which side of me is displayed.
  • Bri
    your poem was really good and alot of people feel that way.
  • Jackie
    I feel like it was me who wrote this peom. This is how I feel I just needed to hear it Iguess. Boricua
  • bob
    gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooood i love it
  • Sami
    This poem represents everyone.
  • Ashley
    Your poem is so awesome. It describes how i feel all the time. Except one person knows both sides of me. She is my best friend. This poem describes so many teenage girls, its amazing!
  • riley
    this poem reminds me of myself is weird how it's exactly how i feel. i loved it. it was how i feel inside written in a poem
  • rea
    this poem touches me because it so true about alot of people inculding myself.
  • Ryan
    I loved this poem because it is very true. We all have the fun-loving side we show around our friends and in public, but when we get home we are sad and bumbed out about little things in life that don't even matter as much as our love for our friends and family do.
  • brittany
    this poem is so true. and i like that
  • Ben
    Excellent, Poem amazing, i see that many people agree, who wouldn't. That poem describes every teen in a way, no teen is perfect and is always hiding or has something new to show the world. That poem touched me all thgough out my heart!
  • Jackie
    i liked this poem because it described me! i can really relate to it. i write also!
  • Dorsh
    LOVED IT!
  • Sarah
    I really enjoyed your poem. It really shows that you know you act in a different way and you know it's not the real you. I really relate to this poem. If that is what you intended it to mean. You did a very good job. ~Sarah maybe sometime I'll put some of my poems on here and you can tell me what you think of mine. (just a thougth)
  • VANESSA
    GIRL, YOUR POEM IS JUST DESCRIBING ME EVERYONE THINKS THEY KNOW ME BUT THEY DONT. AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS CAUSE II DONT WANT THEM TOO CAUSE I'M TO WEIRD AND DIFICULT. I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE LIKE THAT BUT I GUESS NOT AND THAT MAKES ME FEEL GOOD!
  • Rainey
    this poem is so me. i feel just like that.
  • Tosha
    You did a awesome job explaining yourself in this poem. Many teens have two personalities , but most don't know which one to act upon as themselves. I am currently 17 and I have no idea who I really am. I mean I act as of 2 people around my family and friends. Around my friends I'm the outgoing one and the one who's never shy, and don't really care what people think. Although, when I'm around my family I'm shy and dont speak my mind. I'm scared that they'll judge me and the critic will make me less perfect than they want me too be. I just wanted to say good job, and maybe one day we will both find ourselves deep down.
  • Rachel
    awesome poem! it's exactly how i feel. keep on writing
  • ROBERT
    GOOOD JOB? IT GOOD
  • kemper04
    thnx fur writin this poem ive felt liek this most my life it seems bout ended my life cause of it but thank god for people who care other wise id never have read yer poem thnx again
  • megan
    this is a great yet simple poem and I think that this is how alot of us might feel at one time or another.
  • SHANICE
    I feel like i can relate to this poem in so many ways. It's such a great poem.
  • michele
    it sucks feeling alone and like no one truly knows who you are, I have always loved this poem because it just puts into words what you always have spinning around in your head.
  • Samantha
    I liked the poem. I feel almost the same way. Nobody knows the real me. They only know what I show.
  • Jamie
    This poem says exactly how i feel. I cry myself to sleep at night thinking about me life. I loved to read a poem that i can relate too
  • Angie
    Great poem! I loved it!
  • Devaun
    Wow how so true thats is exactly how I feel like no one knows the real me great job this poem i think really speaks to alot of people and its great that you fee what they are saying great job!
  • j
    i think this poem is very good and express the way everone feels once in a while
  • Mari
    this is like split personality. that's how I feel. I dont know if to be happy. or sad.
  • Jenn
    You are a very smart person. I feel exactly like you do on this subject. I hide thngs as well and haven't figured out how to handle it yet, I'm trying though. I think this poem was awesome in every way
  • camoi
    i really liked this poem it lik really describes me
  • Elizabeth
    omg. that poem described me so much right now! nobody has ever looked hard enough to find that other me yet. and i doubt no1 ever will
  • Kay
    I loved this poem. I can definitely relate to it. I feel this everyday of my life when I wake up on the mornings. know I know I am not the only one. great work! Keep it up
  • Tiffany
    Great Poem.
  • carolyn
    this poem is in every detail me, no one really knows how i feel on the inside and i'm just glad to know i'm not the only one who is like this. thanx for writing this, its definetly going on my bathroom mirror.
  • Angie
    WOW! I love this poem so so very much. It is so true and I understand how you feel, I feel the same way and it isnt fair. This poem is absolutely wonderful and I hope you are proud of your words!
  • Abbey
    This is an awesome poem. It shows just how i feel. and how one of my friends feels. Great Job!
  • Jess
    Awesome work. Gave me some inspiration to touch on a subject i've never been brave enough to before in my own writing.
  • Beckt
    This poem relly speek out to many teens(like me)who are going threw the same thing
  • Alicia
    The poem was so short and simple but so to the point, I think every one of us teens can totally relate to it.
  • emilee
    thanks for this great poem
  • elaine
    wow, you are exactly right thanks great poem
  • Antoinette
    OH my gosh, I love your poem and it truly describes exactly, how I once felt, but because you can't change your past, simply guide your future, and eventually who you are inside will truly shine.
  • Mia
    This poem is a wonderful poem you wrote this gives views such as myself to thing twice in who I am the sad person or the glad person. This poem makes me think.
  • Sih-ki
    Well i can relate to what you are saying in the poem. And you really did a good job
  • yang yang
    hey. it's a really great poem. very simple yet very true. it reflects on alot of people's lives i think. including mine. great work
  • emilee
    i love this poem. it reflects the way i feel sometimes. keep up the good work!
  • Amber
    who ever wrote this has a lot of confution in side of them and a lot of people fell the same as that poem. i am one of those people.
  • Angie
    Wow, really fantastic and absolutely true!
  • LINDA
    THIS IS A VERY GOOD POEM,KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!
  • Ryan
    thanks for waking me up! I really can relate to this. i really appreciate it. two thumbs up!
  • Liz
    That is awesome! I remember going through the phase where I had to prove myself to everyone. It's so hard to let yourself out. Some day you'll find when you do, you'll never regret it.
  • Curt
    i really like this poem because it reflects how teenagers act towards daily life, and how u feel. It also shows how kids our age are to scared to show their true personality. They want to show a false image of themselves when they shouldn;t
  • lien
    hellow, I am a girl from belgium en I sought a poem for my oral examen english! And I found a beautiful poem! I really love it! Lots of thanks! greets
  • missy
    WOW1 I KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN. GREAT POEM. kEEP IT UP.
  • Tia
    i feel the same way i have friends but do they really know me?i dont think they do. i would love to have someone to talk to but i dont think they would understand me as myself.
  • some
    This is an awesome poem. it really touched me and it's very true. I think that everyone has two sides. but one always gets all the playing time.
  • Britt
    this is truely great it is very simple. it describes me and robably a half a million others like me who put on a different face for their friends then what they really feel inside i want to keep this poem in my mind for a very long time thank you
  • star
    mic, your poem has the same line of reasoning with one of mine. we have that in common,one person outside, another inside. one soft,one hard. one crying,one laughing. hard. are u like that too?
  • Chane
    I really liked this poem, it was short and to the point. It is truthful and I think everyone can relate to this.
  • lisa
    i would just like to say i love this poem i really understand you! I feel the same know one knows the real me i only wish they did! I can't express my words enough to try to explain how good this poem is its just excellent fanstatic even! Good work!
  • Katie
    I like this because it reflects on how I act around other people. I'm always sad or angry on the inside, but bright, cheerful, and popular on the outside.
  • kara
    i really love your poem. that is accsacully how i feel
  • Heather
    Oh My goodness. This poems so makes me think of me. Everyday I am a different person. I can go to school being nice one day then other mad as can be. I try by best to show them both but it never works. One always takes over the other. I love them poem. Its the best.
  • Alisa
    Right on, A amazing poem!
  • Jessica
    I find myself being able to relate to this poem and I will take comfort in knowing that I am not alone.
  • ANA
    I really think this poem is great because it gose with me. It is like if it was just made for me. Everything is its saids its true about me!
  • Katerina
    this is a really great poem.... good work!! i like this poem b'coz it also expresses my feelings. i can understand the pain that u r going through.
  • Lauren
    This poem was short, sweet, and very meaningful! I'm using this poem for a school project and I think that my teacher will be very impressed!
  • Jammie
    sometimes I feel like no-bodie knows me. Know I know Im not alone!
  • Krit
    Very nice poem
  • carolyn
    This is a very beautiful poem. I feel that i can relate to the person referred to in the poem because i have the same emotional dilema.
  • katie
    that poem was great i can totally relate great work!
  • Tabitha
    I really think this poem fits i with a l;ot of teens including my self in their everyday lives.
  • Jo
    This is a very simple poem that captures what I feel 90 percent of the time :). I printed it out, I love it!
  • Amamda
    i think this poem is great. it is so like me. when i read it it seemed like you knew me and you were writing it about me. i loved it in a weird way because most teens are like this and it expresses us because of the way people in this world are today.
  • Fleur
    Very very very good. now I know I'm not alone with my feelings, there are people who feel just the same way as I do Thanks for publishing this poem. It's a great support for me
  • Rob
    Short, sweet, succint and such a message. Encapsulated in three paragraphs. Wonderful
  • stephani
    i can really relate to this poem. i like the way you expressed it.
  • abbi
    great,and true most teens feel this way about their life.
  • kelly
    i LIKE THIS POEM BECAUSE IT RELATES TO HOW I FEEL ABOUT MYSELF.

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