Firmly bound and held in place by society,
I struggle for release. I struggle to be me.
I’m labeled “different” if my actions don’t conform
to someone else’s definition of the norm.
They stand apart and view me through a clouded lens.
They feign concern and tell me that they are my friends.
They’re looking for shadows that look just like them.
They don’t want to see me for who I really am.
And so I build a wall that keeps me from their sadness
and wonder on which side lies the realm of madness.
Author notes
Picture C
Prompt: Picture
Picture Credit: “Psychotic” found at www.photobucket.com
10 lines (more or less)
A contest entry
- - Pain or Pleasure - by Desire.
700 points, ended August 20, 2008, 8 entries
Gold trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Critical Comments Always Welcome but I Won't Turn Down Fluffy One's Either :D
Comments
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Congratulations on the Gold..
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This is great my friend
and your rhyme flowed to the end
Congrats on the Gold for this
sorry it was one that I missed
Joann
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Thank You!!
Thank You for Your entry: Walls
This piece tugged hard at Spirit and while I was reading which I do several times~ Images come to me in many forms~ while taking in Your words: clouded lens- now when I read that- I kept getting reference to bifocals- basically a person wearing glasses- but getting a male figure- just staring- as in like bewilderment- also after reading again-getting phrase: wall of silence- Wanted to mention: Magnificent rhyme- tight flow and for some reason getting *Fallbrook* or *Fall Brook* - reference to Darvocet- also what appears to be Vicodin- I'm seeing phrase: It will not win- as if scribbled on the wall- -however that is to be interpreted-- Whether metaphor or symbolism
Hopefully this makes some sense~
Excellent take on the prompt ~
Powerful images & message You have brought forth
Thank You for sharing Your Talent also Voice!
Best wishes to You in the contest Sweet Soul
**Judging will be done shortly...
Many blessings too
and much love & light~ Desire~*~
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Nice take on the pic.. thats how I am been feeling
on the realm of Madness Today... Thats why I gues I am on sight writing a few... Keep writing my friend.. Jack...
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Hey like this sounds a bit familiar to me.. huh wonder why.. lol
I really enjoyed reading this poem.. speaks loud and clear.. I love the rhyming & the flow both are perfect and flawless.. hmm me thinks you need to help teach me to rhyme.. ahh a challenge for you.. are you up for it??
good luck in the contest my lover
kat
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Wonderful take on the prompt. Fabulously relatable once again. Well done.
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so this is where you are hiding.. I should have known...
I just can't resist an offer like this.. you need some more competition.. so here I am
thanks for the link
good luck in the contest my lover
kat
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