I look upon a silver tear,
of shadowed baskets,
of sharpened spears.
So is the world
upon dark, dreay night.
Cries gone unanswered,
these cries of fright.
I look upon a silver mirror,
and reflections gone askew.
In and out, reflections don't match,
but we know this isn't new.
We are not
who we seem to be.
The inside is different,
don't you see?
God forbid that we be false,
but to speak our minds,
oh we dare not!
And truth only be told
if kind and sublime.
Those "little" white lies
are told all the time.
We fit the mold,
we act the play.
We take off false faces
at the end of each day.
We carry this act
so long and so hard-
eventually we forget
who we really are.
The unique are golden,
the true be blessed,
and the lemmings be clay,
they just follow the rest.
the brittle and broken
eventually wash away.
What care should we hold
of the other's thoughts?
Why do we hide
and be who we are not?
A contest entry
- anything by serenity silvermoon.
600 points, ended June 19, 2007, 56 entries
Honorable mention
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest - Truth of Life contest Round ONE by xandercheerios.
450 points, ended June 17, 2007, 30 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest - ANYTHING by a means to an end.
600 points, ended July 10, 2007, 65 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Comments
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amazing
such an amazing write. it moved me to tears. it made me take a step back and take a deeper look at myself. makng me realize that anything can happen, but i have to stop putting up a false image of who i think i am and just be myself. you are an amazing poet, never stop writing.
Rob -
I hope you win that contest! xx
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Ok this rocks! Great poem, wonderful rhymes, beautiful message and thanks for the quick addition of ur username! I so want to know what your theme will be to continue into the next round... so good luck for then!
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No username in authors notes???? If you're not able to edit it... message me with ur username and the poems title. But I'd rather see it in the authors notes, like the rules required.
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this was a great poem most people try to hide who they are because they dont want people to see what has happend to them in the past or some people are just to shy to come out to the human world and isealate themselfs in there room or in there house this was a great poem thanks for sharing and good look in your others contest i think you are a great poet keep that pen flowing and god bless you forever and always love dianna lee green also knowned as serenity lynn silvermoon
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this is wonderful
very good imagery
-suicidal revenge-
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I think this is awesome Not to mention completely true about the world, cause everyone who gets the chance to live is gonna do this one day, act who they're not and lie a little, it's hard not to do that i guess. You put that thought into a very poetic and nicely written form ^.^
GREAT job
diggin it majorly
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