Catacomb.

Judging comment:

""Sometimes I wonder if I'm only good for keeping my face expressionless,"
Wow. What a fantastic opening! So much meaning and emotion in this line alone that I can't help but to be instantly hooked into this poem. I find this line so true, we all put on a façade at some time or other, we're all guilty of hiding our emotions and thoughts and this captures that so perfectly.
"Why can't my speech flow like the verses of my poetry?"
Easily my favourite line of the poem. I believe this is something many of us can relate to. In our writings our deepest thoughts become unravelled and are left on show for everyone to see, but to merely tell another person our deepest desires or fears strikes fear into most of us and is something many of us find incredibly difficult to do.
When I first began reading I was unsure what the poem in its entirety was about and then I got to the note at the end. That coupled with the line "I mutter,"I surrender"..." killed me emotionally. We all suffer being judged at some point, we are guilty of judging others ourselves too and we never really stop to focus on what this does to each other emotionally. That line alone made me think on how someone's judgement could negatively affect those people that aren't that strong emotionally and what consequences could potentially happen from this.

A beautiful, thought provoking and moving write. "

Judging comments:

"The picture in MaryAnnes mind that she used as a footnote in the bottom of the poem was truly inspiring, and she marked it well within her poem here. "Why can't my speech flow like the verses of my poetry?
I am the farthest from grace but when the moon
unveils its age, my hands unfold themselves and
write,"

I'm a huge fan of her poetry, so I can only imagine knowing how wonderful her words are that it isn't the same when she speaks -- these words are always so carefully placed and well thought out. I also love the part about being farthest from grace, and the moon revealing it's age is really a beautiful thought and image. I love how her metaphors truly come to life like no other. I've read this poem over and over and get a new and different feeling every time. Truly, truly wonderful!"

Loved it! Very different from others I've read on here. Please keep writing.

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^ Just going with the flow ;p

That's such a flawless piece, my friend.

"Why can't my speech flow like the verses of my poetry". I think you are the best person to answer this. May be you are afraid to bite out words; that shouldn't be. You have your hands, you have your mouth: it is the strongnest of your hand dat help in cascading down the thought inside you into a readable form. So what you need to express your thought verbally is just to equip your mouth with weapons of fear destruction. Nice job.