Behind tight lips screams "crucify" while eyes so kind are blind;
behind their eyelids justify the cruelty that they find.
Their folded hands in prayer condemn, their hearts won't empathize;
their lives and lands wont share with them, the ones that they despise.
Behind tight lips screams "crucify" while eyes so kind are blind,
they smile and share and wonder why their efforts are undermined.
Author notes
Ignorance...ignore...ignorant
A contest entry
- Word Prompt: Semi-Quickie by mgmc.
800 points, ended October 20, 12 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
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Very, very nice write. I can tell this contest is going to be brutally difficult to judge! Wonderful imagery delivers a message to be emblazoned (if only it could be). Thank you very much for your entry and best of luck!
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Thanks very much! Glad you enjoyed the read
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Last line is too long for me.
'They smile and share and wonder why their efforts undermined' < that isn't correct without the are, but that would knock the meter into perfection. Perfection is good.
If I were to write a small poem on that word, I'd probably start it like this:
Space Between a Whole
It wasn't theirs to justify, but spirits set the trend
A claim against his nature bound him dead
His secrets theirs to liquefy, his wishes theirs to bend
His skin alone before it ever shed
Of course, since I haven't written anything for a while, it's not likely that any poem will start.
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Yeah, it seems I'm trending somewhere, but still am not sure where too. Thanks for the read, be well regardless the writes or the reads!
(I agree about the last line too, but don't know what to do about it without breaking it)
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