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Don’t Kid Yourself MAG

By Anonymous

     Don’t kid yourself -
You were never pure.
Vulnerable, yes, but never pure.
Your soul is stained by the charcoal smoke
That swirls in tendrils,
Enveloping your face, your heart, your words -
Obscuring your intentions.
Your body is held together by trails of gleaming tar
Stretched like the truth
To accommodate your innocence.
Don’t you know by now?
I can see through smoke.
I can catch your gaze and tie it down,
Dissipating your clove-scented insincerities
To look into the gaping dark within -
I may be intoxicated, but not by you.
I am as lucid as the fiberglass shards
That crackle in your cigarette,
Aware of every strained breath
And every muted heartbeat
And every whispered promise.
Don’t kid yourself -
You were never pure.




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i love this so much!

on Apr. 29 2011 at 11:41 pm
HannSawyer15 BRONZE, North Brunswick, New Jersey
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Favorite Quote:
"I say... lets speak it. Lets fight it. Lets write it. There's nothing to hold on to if it's already gone."

Wow... I love it.

Debbie1 SILVER said...
on Apr. 29 2011 at 11:08 pm
Debbie1 SILVER, Brooklyn, New York
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Favorite Quote:
"As long as there is life, there is hope."

I LOVE this!!!!!!! Great job!!!!!!

on May. 18 2009 at 2:05 pm
Kay Matthews PLATINUM, Bolton, Massachusetts
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Your Poem is raw while still staying poetic.

on Feb. 13 2009 at 3:03 pm
This is a wonderful poem.

Quite literaly.

It's truthful and yet still has this bluntness about it which was tactfully presented without any sugar coating at all.

Wonder work dear.