Beauty lies.
(still life, still life, what disappears in the camera’s eyes?)
Black, white, grey,
this is our disguise.
It’s easy to hide
behind blinding bulbs,
black worlds bathed briefly in white.
(still life, still life, what hides in the camera’s light?)
Life in monochrome,
when feeling dies
smiles are vacant gritty watermarks
on grey grainy faces.
(still life, still life, where is the colour-tinted truth that this illusory image now replaces?)
still life, still life,
in the midst of monochromatic lies
still life, still life,
return the colour to my eyes.
Author notes
Option 3-Prompts.
I used a mix 'still life' and 'camera flash'.
Haven't done rhyme in awhile. Hope it's okay!
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This is really nice. I mean, really really nice. The whole idea just captures you in this little introspective bubble.
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What a great job you did on this one!! I love the way you did this one.. And the way you repeated "still life" makes it sooooooo much stronger. This is great!!!
Best of luck in this contest!
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Didn't know this was yours I just checked my faves list and saw it
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I take that as a compliment then?
Thanks for the comment!
Told you I'd get around to entering!
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Yeah, it's an awesome poem
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The first line got me. "There's no beauty in truth, and no truth in beauty." it made me think.
"Life in monochrome, [controversy. Love it!]
when feeling dies
smiles are vacant gritty watermarks [looooove the imagery!]
on grey grainy faces." [oh, I can imagine that, actually, and its a very effective image for the poem, awesome]
"where is the colour-tinted truth that this illusory image now replaces?" AMAZING line!
I like the last stanza, too... conflict between what one would predict, the stillness bringing back beauty.
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