Prosopagnosia | Teen Ink

Prosopagnosia

May 12, 2023
By 23jonnan BRONZE, Science Hill, Kentucky
23jonnan BRONZE, Science Hill, Kentucky
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

I seem to know you

That voice, that heart

I know it is you when you laugh

But do I really know you?


I realize I can’t recognize your face

I see you

But I don’t really see you


I know you have your own nose, eyes, and cheeks

Yet you have the same face as everyone 


I can be in a room full of everyone I know

Yet you all are strangers when I walk in


The author's comments:

This is a poem that was inspired by a image my creative writing teacher provided me. It was an image of people with no faces, and this reminded me of my psychology class where we learned about prosopagnosia. This is where an individual can't recognize and differentiate between peoples' faces.


Similar Articles

JOIN THE DISCUSSION

This article has 0 comments.