I watch you from the shadows of the city
As you bask in the shining light of day
You go about your business with a pleasant smile
Letting everyone know that you’re just fine
And you really are
I shuffle through the darkness with my head down
Trying to shut your vision from my mind
I muster up my will to form half a smile
Telling everyone that I’m fine
But I’m not
You never came down to my standards
And I never reached yours
We’re from two different worlds
That see each other but never collide
You’ve never run away from home
However hard it was
You were the peacemaker
You never sold yourself
To pay the next month’s rent
You made it the hard way, or moved
You never took a pill to escape for a little while
Or opened your capillaries for a release
You played your piano, or worked in your garden
You never ran a blade down your wrists
Thinking it was just too hard
You didn't undersand how someone could
You never let yourself fall into the wrong crowd
The kind of people who could show you to addiction
And reveal to you the darker side of life
You never even looked at them;
They might just have sucked you in
So remember
As you continue on with your success
In your Cadillac and designer shoes
Keep turning your head away when you see;
The homeless; the hopeless; the druggies; the drunkards,
With bare feet and longing in their eyes
It would hurt you to see them
And you’ll never understand
Because you're better than us
Because you never tripped
And fell that far
A contest entry
- Black and white....................... by Starswhispers.
500 points, ended February 15, 2007, 20 entries
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Comments
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Hey Vickey its Miller just just became a member of this site.
I must say that this poem is interesting.
Very well written however...
Who are you writing about?
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Somehow it is a very desperate poem exposing the difference between the one who have and the one who have not. A little too simplistic in a way as there are people who have and take drug and are very depressed.
A good write with lot of intensity but yet again no puntuation.
Thank you for entering my contest and good luck
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Straight away the opposites attracted me in (Major pun day today).
Honestly though, the opposites draw a reader in, a vast difference is always good.
"You never came down to my standards
And I never reached yours"
I know what it's like to be looking up to someone... even if you don't know it at the time. Always wanting more is like torturing yourself.
The middle of the piece is where it all begins... as readers we can see the pain behind the words, the torment and sorrow. Great job here.
"Because you never tripped
And fell that far"
I commend you on those two lines. It's truth, it's reality. It happens, and I see it almost every day of my life.
Keep a grasp onto what you believe, don't let the blind stop you.
Jailah.
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