Feel — Summary

K_008Contemplative

Some people wanna feel something Some don't wanna feel at all I know where I stand But where do you?

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Four short lines, and almost all of them are about one question: how much do you want to feel? The speaker starts by sorting people into two groups. Some are hungry for feeling, chasing it, wanting to be moved. Others would rather feel nothing at all, perhaps to stay safe or unbothered. The poem doesn't judge either side. It simply lays them out, side by side.

Then the tone shifts. "I know where I stand" sounds calm and sure of itself, though the poem never says which group the speaker belongs to. That silence is interesting. We're left to guess, and the confidence feels a little guarded. The last line turns the poem toward the reader: "But where do you?" It's casual, almost like a challenge in conversation.

The mood is quiet, direct, and a bit teasing. There's no big emotion on display, which fits a poem about feeling and its absence. It leaves you with a small, personal question to answer.

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