Conflict

by Wafaa   Oct 10, 2012


_ Fake, hypocrite
offering endless advice
and so called words of wisdom
yet they remain
unfollowed
in your own shattered life

_ Stop.
don't judge me.
I give my advice
as a gesture of love
I have only lived.
I haven't seen
the world from above.

_ heartless, manipulative
caring only about yourself
with uptight attitude
you laugh
at their heartbreaks
mercilessly

_'A smile can hide
a thousand tears'
'the eyes don't see
what the heart bleeds'
I say these words
inconsolably

_Kind, compassionate
affectionate
I, as your self, apologize
you spoke to me,
through this mirror
and I see it now,
your true beauty.

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  • 12 years ago

    by Brittany

    I really like this. It's really good. I get a couple diffetn things in my head as I was reading it, but at the end Is when i really think I understood what you were talking about. -I could be wrong- But It was really good

    [:!

  • 12 years ago

    by Baby Rainbow

    I love this one of yours so much!!

    _ Fake, hypocrite
    offering endless advice
    and so called words of wisdom
    yet they remain
    unfollowed
    in your own shattered life

    - Great opening, I love the first word being followed by a comma, just adding emphasis to that first important word which you are describing. It is so true that people say one thing but then do another thing themselves. We are our own worst enemies at this because we can help others but we never help ourselves.

    _ Stop.
    don't judge me.
    I give my advice
    as a gesture of love
    I have only lived.
    I haven't seen
    the world from above.

    - I love the idea of not seeing the world from above, no one has. Like you said, " you have only lived" so our advice can only come from what we have so far learned.

    _ heartless, manipulative
    caring only about yourself
    with uptight attitude
    you laugh
    at their heartbreaks
    mercilessly

    - I would capatilize the H in heartless since you have done so with all the other openings. If I am reading this correct I think you also need a comma after manipulative, maybe a stop or comma again after attitude as I believe you have started a new sentence here. This is so so true, someone who could laugh at other people's pain is very very heartless indeed.

    _'A smile can hide
    a thousand tears'
    'the eyes don't see
    what the heart bleeds'
    I say these words
    inconsolably

    - add a stop after inconsolably. I love these two quotes, and I can imagine someone being inconsolable due to hiding these tears and the pain from the world.

    _Kind, compassionate
    affectionate
    I, as your self, apologize
    you spoke to me,
    through this mirror
    and I see it now,
    your true beauty.

    - again I would add more punctuation to break it up for the reader so they know when to pause. Maybe a comma after compassionate and a stop after affectionate. I don't think you need the comma after me since you are still continuing the sentence. I would also suggest you single out the last line " your true beauty" to make it stand out more since it is such a powerful line.

    The idea of this poem was very creative, I love how it seems to be about people in general, because we have all known people like this and then with your ending we can all admit we have been this hard on ourselves too.

    Great poem,I really enjoyed this one. keep it up!

  • 12 years ago

    by Amreen

    One of the topics I wanted to pen.... Its so true that we are always an advisor for others but when it comes to us, we are always helpless... I like the flow, the thought:)
    keep writing(: