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Betrayed

May 20, 2011
By Tatiel PLATINUM, Washington, Vermont
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Tatiel PLATINUM, Washington, Vermont
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Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand.<br /> ~Mark Twain

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I know what you are thinking
I see it in your face
I see frustration glaring
Disdain you can’t erase

I know its all my fault
The yelling and the sighs
Each rough push you give me
The annoyance in your eyes

Just tell me straight the first time
Stop pushing me around
Don’t yell again, it hurts me
Though I try to block the sound

If you would only teach me
If you would show me how
Oh, just tell me what to do
It doesn’t matter now

Come glare and growl at me
I know that’s what you crave
Not good enough again
It’s hard to still look brave

But I won’t let you hurt me
Your words will not break through
I won’t let it touch me
The blame that will ensue

I’ll make my mind like stone
Won’t hear a word you say
I’ll make my heart like wood
I’ll make my feelings clay

I can block the angry words
At least a little while
I can shut out all the hurt
The pain of the revile

But the look that’s in your eyes
The frustration and disgust
I can’t block out the sight
Your eyes say I betrayed your trust

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RayBaytheDinosaur GOLD said...
on Jan. 13 2012 at 12:33 am
RayBaytheDinosaur GOLD, Hampton, South Carolina
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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder

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This has so much emotion in it and its just such a great overall poem =] your quite the amazing writer
TheWordSmith SILVER said...
on Oct. 19 2011 at 6:51 pm
TheWordSmith SILVER, Placerville, California
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Something I love about all your poems is the raw emotion you inject into each one. Keep up the good work!
musicispassion PLATINUM said...
on Aug. 5 2011 at 11:34 pm
musicispassion PLATINUM, Perris, California
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&quot; Life is never easy for those who dream.&quot;<br /> There are so many other quotes i need pages to write them

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based on true events?  emotional poem and beautiful
Love.Hate.Passion. said...
on Aug. 4 2011 at 11:45 am
Love.Hate.Passion., Spring Valley, Illinois
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~Hope. Faith. Love~<br /> ~Be proud of who you are.You are all unique in a different way.~<br /> ~I WILL NOT fade into oblivion , and become less than<br /> a distant memory.~

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AMAZING!

I really connected with the poem and felt the emotion throughout. Keep it up!

Kai17 GOLD said...
on Jul. 22 2011 at 12:21 pm
Kai17 GOLD, Spokane, Washington
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I think that some of the words (revile, ie) were used just for rhyming, but I think that the overall poem is really good. Four stars.
Internal-Love PLATINUM said...
on Jul. 8 2011 at 6:36 pm
Internal-Love PLATINUM, Queens, New York
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i like how you set up your poem :) Very nicely done. Though while reading it, i felt (just a bit) that some words were used for the sake of rhyming. The poem would be even cooler if you used some symbols of anger and hurt-----like a cold mysterious poem instead of a hard, direct one.

Overall, this deserves 4 stars.

AvengedJasonfoldForever BRONZE said...
on Jun. 29 2011 at 7:52 pm
AvengedJasonfoldForever BRONZE, Middletown, Delaware
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The thing about poetry is you either like it or you don't... I think your poems are good but they didn't do anything for me. I'm a hit-or-miss kind of guy with poetry and I never know what I'm going to like unless it's really twisted or something.

A personal preference of mine is complex poems. Something abstract... something symbolic. Something that makes no sense at all even. I don't know how to explain my taste in poetry. I write stuff like this all the time, but the stuff I REALLY love of mine is like the stuff that just came out of nowhere. Like I got high one time and wrote a poem that made absolutely no sense, but there were a couple lines that were really really awesome.

So yeah don't know what kind of criticism I can give for poetry haha

CarrieAnn13 GOLD said...
on Jun. 22 2011 at 8:53 am
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Wow, this is an amazing poem!  I'm no expert on poetry, but I do know a good poem when I see one.  Your rhyming scheme was consistent and not gimicky like some rhyming poems are.  You had good imagery and I think the flow of the poem was flawless.  Good job!