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Delusion

Our mouths are rich with words
describing the full epic qualities of life.
The words formed by our lips leave
feet into miles,
days into nights,
small into large,
and boredom into strife.
We cast our nets of imagination upon our very essence.
We trip and tangle ourselves in each verbally sewn knot.
To live in a life that is only created by the mind
is suicide to the stability of the soul.
How can one be true to oneself in this way?
The devious mind and the art of language
when danced together can create a malignant cocktail.
It would be better off not to be spread,
like a plague on the feeble,
so the fabric of your mind is not torn.
As to this, does one choose silence?
Silence is fool's gold.
Say all of the words that can be mustered,
but say them with truth and without luster
and then one will be able to rule their own life.

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  • storiesuntold gold member
    July 27, 2007

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    Excellent

    Yes indeed to know the feelings behind ones words and know they do reflect on the teachings we endured through life. And knowing how you want your life to be foe each mind is separate yet so many follow others instead of using their own .Very good write here


  • cvillelisa
    June 6, 2007
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    I got to the third to last line and was really excited for a bout 2 seconds cause I thought you wrote:

    Say all of the words that can be mustard.

    LOL and I thought, how reaching is that?

    Thanks for the poem. Did you feel yourself hanging over the edge of the horizon???? Making my first pass through ...

    Lisa


  • grannyeri gold member
    June 4, 2007

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    Silence is fools gold - interesting metaphor you have used, along with some of the other ones in this poem. Deep and throught provoking what you penned here. Is life just a delusion? Do we really know what we want, or ar ewe just swept along anad ride with the tide?


  • Shahrazad
    June 4, 2007

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    That's deep, sir! It gives one a lot to think about. IT's one of those poems where you kinda leave it up to the reader to take what they will from it. Depending on the person, one line could really stick out to them and another onecould be left unthought about. I've always like your silence is fools gold philosophy. Good write! I wish the best of luck to you in this contest.