I can't edit life
Once it's been completed
There's no delete button to erase
What I feel should not be
I can't take it back
And I can't modify words
That I have already spoken
But I can change the time
And flip two hands forward
One hand back
This face is not one I want to ever grow used to
Not a mirror, or a pane of glass
Just me staring back at myself
Through my own eyes
And I asked her
My dear, I can see we're quite the same
But I have noticed just one thing
Why is it you seem to gleam
While I stand here quite unclean
She smiled and I put out my hands
And into them she poured the world
And when she was done I looked into my palms
And was greeted by only dust.
"It's because you value nothing" she replied
"Even the entire world does not leave you satiated"
I tipped it all on to the floor
A handful of nothing, and nothing more.
Please tell me what you think
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powerful piece.
At first I though I was going to walk into a "bubblegum wrapper" of a poem, where I have most probably read something very much like this and feel very much the same... I could not be more happy that I was wrong.
The weird thing about this piece is that I came here (to this page) about 2 weeks ago (i think) and read the first couple of lines, then abandoned any further reading (at the time my mind just was not in it)... yesterday, was talking to a friend of mine about the choices we make in life and how one's experience can not truly shape the perception, rather how one's perception will define the experience (it was one of those enlightning conversations - to say the least)... so, today am back here and I am glad I came back.
Like I said it's a powerful poem for me and it came at the right time.
Marvellous Piece.
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This is fantastic..I truly love this one..However I am keeping my personal thoughts out of it..As always my poetic friend I wish you all that is good!
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