How real is real?
How normal is normal?
What makes her normal?
Her house
Her car
Her friends
The shape of her nose
The verdant shade of her eyes
Her fake smile
The flirty way she walks?
Or was it something more?
Her carefully styled hair
The perfect way her nails were polished
The heavy makeup on her face
Her tightly fitting jeans
Her attraction to guys?
What makes him so abnormal?
So indescribably horrid?
His one bedroom apartment
His divorced parents
His two different colored eyes
The size of his nose
The lack of friends he had
His real smile
The confident way he walked?
Or was it something more?
His carefully styled hair
The perfect way his nails were polished
The slight makeup on his face
His tightly fitting jeans
His attraction to guys?
How real is real?
How normal is normal?
A society that picks apart
Our every emotion, action,
And judges it mercilessly
Even though they have no right to
No right at all
While everyone allows it
And continues their mindless wandering and grazing
Sad, penned cattle
Trapped in
To never wander the field of life
Which gives birth to new thought
New understanding, new emotions
And new ways of thinking
Never to wander that wondrous field.
We are judged
Judged by morals, by laws,
Created and formed by who?
Racists, sexists and dictators of ancient times
Who set the standards?
Standards which tell
Which wrongs are right
And which are deemed unacceptable
The human being
The model of ignorance
Telling others
Just how wrong they are
And how worthless they aren’t
The ultimate irony.
What makes her so perfect,
And him a social outcast?
Why is she praised and embraced,
While he is disregarded and degraded?
Why are her wrongs so right?
How real is real?
And just how perfect is perfect?
Author notes
I wrote this one a couple weeks ago, and I can't say im one hundred percent pleased with it. Well, I got my point across, atleast, I hope I did.
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- Our world. by volcaniclastic.
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Honorable mention
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Here Here ~ and Amen~ I look at how some people are ~ even in today's day and age ~ and think what hole are you in with your narrow minded being~ There are so many walks of life ~ it shouldn't matter if your black or white, straight or gay ~ rich or poor ~ we are all one ~ Human~ I don't know how so many people can walk through life with the hatred in their hearts... and the void in their minds~ Excellent write~
Thanks so much for entering the "Set the bar" contest ~ I do appreciate you sharing your work with me ~ good luck to you
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Although I have already read this one, and put in my edits, it still strikes me as awesome. Seriously, so great. Especially since practically everyone can relate to it because everyone faces the "perfect" people. Awesome, duhkota.
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This is absolutley amazing and is an anthem for people today. =D -giggles- yoai..Yay.
Anyways, The point of this is so very true. It's amazing. You write so very well that it sends chills down my spine. I mean, I'd have to be stupid not to put you in the finalists list, especially because you wear makeup.lol, jk.
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i read it twice and find it good thanxs for entering
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At first, I wasn't very impressed. By the time I made it to the end of the poem, though, I had totally changed my mind.
This is a really strong piece - thank you for entering it in my contest
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