Mannequins and Marionettes

by xPerfect Chaosx   Dec 17, 2006


The faces pass
Blurring in the rain
I have to wonder
Are they real?
Or just facades?
Alive?
Or suspended by thread?

Their facades are wonderful
But only skin deep
No one is real
Everyone is fake
It's an epidemic
Of the shallow
Everything is fake

Mannequins walk the street
Marionettes, suspended on strings
Pulled one way or the other
By others hands
No original thought
Not a trace of individuality
They are not really people anymore

They want to conform
They want to be accepted
But at a high cost
They have to give up their soul
They have to give up their mind
They have to give up themselves
All to be a mannequin

Who would want to live like that?
Living by others standards
Living others dreams
Being a marionette
Tugged around on strings
Never free....
Never free....

It makes me sad
So many minds wasted
They could have been great
But now are suspended on strings
Tugged this way and that
By others hands
Mannequins with a shallow existence

Labels handed out like candy
Geek,
Freak,
Loser,
All spun from insecurities
Yet scarring hearts
A pandemic of Marionettes

The world needs help
The Mannequins and Marionettes
Are taking over
No more original thought
No more individuality
Ideas are frowned upon
Smarts are spurned

Brands are too important
Money is everything
No brand name clothing?
Scorned and shunned
Money is life
The Mannequins covet it
The Marionettes idolize it

True Love?
No,
Only frivolous relationships
That hold no meaning
Nothing is as it seems
No more ideas
No more self worth

The faces pass
Blurring in the rain
I have to wonder
Are they real?
Or just facades?
Alive?
Or suspended by thread?

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  • 17 years ago

    by Rocky

    Another really deep poem from you. i must say that i.m quite impressed by your work.the poems i've read ,so far, tend to be quite deep. your obviesly a person whos learned to question and think, instead of following blindly.anyway i also like you style of writing. your poems tend to flow well and are interesting to read( i,ve gotten so sick of rhymin couplets that sound pretty, but have no real meaning)so yeah. just keep up the good work

  • 17 years ago

    by Someones Sanity

    That was amazing and so true in many different ways. People are only going skin deep, they don't understand what they are doing.
    //Khrystyne\\

  • 17 years ago

    by Squirrel

    WOW! i like what you say i believe that it says that society forms us to be exactly like everyone else and never lets us forget were all the same 5/5

  • 17 years ago

    by aDORKable x3

    First, I would like to say that the title dragged me into the poem (oh, btw, I love the lyrics you have on your page, I knew most of them)

    to the poem, wow what a poem! I know what you mean. It jsut seems that everyone has to be like everyone else, it's soooo annoying. You did great with this one. =] added to favorites!

    Ciao

  • 17 years ago

    by TRAGiC BEAUTY

    Great job! Good flow! Very true too!
    xoxo

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