My face is empty
Blank as stone
I no longer endure affection
I take comfort in coldness
I do not care for others
Some believe me for mad
I have found no one
Playing on the consciousness of others
I use lies and deception
To cloak my existence
I use walls of anger as my defense
But all you see is my disguise for grief
As the barricades go up
The reason for them becomes apparent
I am an open book for you to read
When all I crave is solitary
All you see is the mirage
When you have no knowledge of the soul beneath the mask
My façade is the veil
Separating reality from vision
Pain is no more in the realm of fairies
Serenity is only a thought away
Hope is nothing but
An ambition, which will never be filled
Why strive for fulfillment?
Etched in stone, a hole in my heart forever
Year after year chiseled deeper
For I will never live in this world
I can only, truly be alive
When I can walk among mankind
Without my mask
A contest entry
- Teenage Issues by JoBecca.
308 points, ended December 29, 2007, 11 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest - 100 poems, more points to come! by katie-jo.
900 points, ended January 18, 2008, 42 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Comments
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I think you should not be so pessimistic. Hope is real, and it is fulfilled. You shouldn't be afraid to be yourself, and if you are then it is your own self-esteem to worry about. It doesn't matter what people think of you, but what you think of yourself. Caring too much of other people's opinions only makes you as strong as their weaknesses.
Than you for entering and all the best in the contest.
kate-flamingo
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