Insidious

by Beautiful Chaos   Apr 3, 2009


We are all inadequate
To the outside world
Scarred by what we find
Healed by what we hold

Eternally searching
Longing
To be found
Included

When we are accepted
We segregate ourselves
Finding more misery to wallow in
New hills to climb

We build mountains from flowers
And cry when we cannot climb
Falling to the ground
Like a petal bowing before Autumn

We entrap our feelings
Engrossed with such rage
When they return
With what we were looking for

Maybe we never wanted it
Always in love with the chase
Unhappy with the prize
Even if, we, are what is found

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  • 15 years ago

    by Beautiful Chaos

    I am not always a fan of punctuation lol End of lines are pauses, as are the 2 commas, other than that I was writing off the top of my head, there is no punctuation in there lol

  • 15 years ago

    by Nix

    I suggest you to put some commas, because in this poem one stanza is one thought, and it would be a lot easier to read it, if there are punctuation signs.
    Other than that, I enjoyed in this poem.
    Opening lines caught my attention because you have a very strong message in it. I like the contrast between third and fourth line of first stanza.
    I also admire the way you portrayed your message in the second stanza, because you said that we -search to be found- which is very cleverly written. And I think that you've made really powerful picture with that, so fourth line -accepted- isn't necessary, especially because you have that word again, in the first line of the next stanza.
    I like the twist in the third stanza, it is very interesting.
    Fourth stanza is also very remarkable, I again admire the way you expressed your message, because it is very deep and true that we built something, and then try to climb on it, which for the consequences has that we disappoint ourselves.
    I don't realize what you tried to say in the last two lines. You wrote -, we, - and that really confused me, because I can't figure out why is that between commas.

    Anyway, well done on this one. I really enjoyed in it, you wrote a deep, intriguing poem, in my opinion.

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