Riddle me this and riddle me that
Is it fiction or is it fact
An eye for an eye, the world is blind
Is it more cruel to be so kind?
Return my love but to reject
Regret to mention my one defect
Little insult cloaked in praise
Makes your soul a thorny maze.
Riddle me this and riddle me that
Is it fiction or is it fact
That your regard is little more
Than counting marks and keeping score
I'm flying high
And down again
Feeling like the Fool again
I'm flying high
And down again
Lovely little lying friend.
Riddle me this and riddle me that
Once again, it's tit for tat
In drawing straws, I came up short
And the jester sings in his kingly court
He juggles knives and swallows fire
And dances high upon a wire
And all who point and all who stare
See not the fan for all its fare
For that's no smile and those aren't songs
The rite was twisted in two wrongs
One for love and one for war
And all for questions asked before
So riddle me here and riddle me there
I won't be fooled again, I swear.
I've learned my lessons, well, I swear.
Author notes
Not really personal. Well, most of my poetry, if involving, love, conflict, pain, grief, or anger, come from past experiences, or those of others close to me. Sometimes, they can be far from what I am feeling at the moment, but they'll still come out in my poetry. So, I am not currently feeling particularly like this poem..it just sort of came out, and so I wrote it down. There you have it.
Please tell me what you think
Comments
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Wow! Simply Wow. I love it. I really love the line "the rite was twisted in two wrongs". God that is just perfect. Of course all of your work is amazing.
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Brava
I love this piece...but I have always been a fan of your work and if it wasn't for you suggesting this place I never would have been able to read it...thanks again for suggesting this site and how have you been?? I haven't seen you in so long...miss ya!!
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Damn I really do love this one...I've always wanted to write a poem with the "riddle me this" theme but once again (as you are the one with words) you got in my head and wrote it out for me. Brava my psycho
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wow, i loved this it made me this while being bombarded with images. a great write.
keep dreaming and having wonderful ideas
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