On nightmare 'scapes,
The walls stand tall
Each brick a broken trust
Each grain a hurtful word
The walls are made of all
That lies unforgiven at
The end of each night
The walls are a majestic,
Massive, depressing sight
The weight of guilt, the glue
Holds each brick to the next
Accusations hold the heart
With tales of woe, neglect
To harden the heart is cowardly
Deserving victory is the key
Guilt robs the truth
Of angry words
Righteous anger is the shield
Against murderous altruism
That could otherwise yield
A just man, to a cruel prison
Affection can blind sharp eyes
Into the morbid shape of,
Arbitrary lies that hypnotize,
Into empathy for self-pitying cries;
The walls are made of forlorn love
On nightmare 'scapes,
The walls stand tall
Each brick an ended bond
Each grain a severed tie
The walls are made of all
That lies unforgotten at
The end of every night
The walls are a gigantic,
Colossal, pathetic blight
That keep out the heat, but,
Also allow no light
Melt the guilt inside
With right on your side
And hate in your heart
For those who won't abide
Their own guilt and subside
Without taking you along
For the desolate ride
If you crush the guilt,
Contain the spills,
You can destroy what you've built
If you deserve your victories,
Leave with no regrets,
Then, at the end of it all,
No matter how tall,
The walls you've made
Will someday fall
No mercy to those you love
Author notes
Heropsychodreamer
A contest entry
- For Those On My Favorites List by LadyUnique.
450 points, ended April 18, 2007, 8 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Please tell me what you think
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'to harden the heart is cowardly' is brilliant. it's true too. i do the same damn thing
'guilt robs the truth of angry words' is another truth. i love this entire poem for it's well-written truth. guilt rules my life so i can so relate.
your poem came so close to placing... it was a tough decision for me. next contest will have more HM's 
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Glad you liked it, I surprisingly still do too (as opposed to usually hating anything I write a day later)..
But when I saw some of the others posted on that contest I was like "yeah so I'm not placing on this one" lol.
I think that was actually my first "favorites" contest, I don't enter contests much anymore.
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Excellant
Wow, a kind of wierd write. Guilt, unless it is genuinly deserved, does seem to be a useless feeling.
Some individuals will try to manipulate others, by attempting to instill into them "undeserved feelings of guilt". Very well written indeed. I was re-reading this poem and thought I'ld provide a link, for the phrase in quotes:
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGLG,GGLG:2007-11,GGLG:en&q=%3Cundeserved+feelings+of+guilt%3E
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hey this one was awesome! I loved it! Brilliant work. Great job and good luck
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