The Lies Ill Concealed

by Jenni Marie   Jun 9, 2011


Feigning emotions once more
illusory promises dripping,
from those tainted lips

teardrops cascading
oh...how cliche.

all those times you spat out my heart
and gave it several swirls,
in its very own blender.

Broken.

It's ironic,
how a sweet tasting lemon
can become so bitter

hearts once entwined together
so comfortably,
have become our own special prison

but...

Like a phoenix rising from its ashes
I will emerge from this debris,
victorious

love is just like people
it needs nutrients to survive,
alas,

...

we starved.

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  • 13 years ago

    by Melpomene

    Jenn,

    This was different by you. I enjoyed the sarcastic nature as always. The black humor with the blender images and the contrasting the word cliche against sadness was an interesting twist. I was fond of the ending, starved love is an intriguing term you don't hear too often in poetry, well at least I don't anyway. That was probably my favorite part, the idea of nutrients to survive. I liked how you show strength with the concept of a phoenix rising, and the word victorious is also a great word that describes your personality. You do always end up victorious in my opinion due to your strength.

    I thought it interesting how you used the word cliche and yet wrote cliche words in order to reinforce this idea, if you hadn't of I would of thought that perhaps some choices of wording were too common but I know you and your nature of portraying things sarcastically definitely shined through.

    You ended 'Cliche' with a full stop, therefore 'all' in the third stanza should be capitalized.

    Nice work,
    -Mel.

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