Jenni Marie's Poems :)

Please read the following poems, and comment with which one is your favourite. :)

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#1What A Tangled Web We Weave

Sir Walter Scott once stated, "oh what
a tangled web we weave" I have to
wonder if he envisioned someone like you
when he stated this; and it's a shame he
never elaborated on the fact that liars
always stumble into the dangling web
they have created and eventually trip over
their own laces.

Our story reminds me of the wilting rose
that was the focus in the classic of Beauty
and the Beast. For love is delicate; only over
time you stopped caring and allowed it to die
a painstakingly slow death, and I could do
nothing except stand and watch as each petal
slowly withered, and fell to the ground.

Trust died first, one petal gone-forever.
Admiration followed soon after, fading
slowly like the shades on the petals.
Respect was gone way before these two,
we just pretended it was still there, like
the lone petal that clings to sunlight yet
knowing; always knowing, the final breath
was only moments away.

And we couldn't admit it, instead we clung
onto what had once been instead of
accepting the reality -that what was once
so good had turned to ashes and debris.
Like ships passing in the night, our love
was only that of lingering ghosts, too
fearful to let go and begin the next part
of their journey.

But reality always comes to pass, eventually.
No matter how much you may try to deny
the inevitable; and eventually I had to admit,
you were not the person I thought for so
long that you were. They say beauty comes
from within.

You are not beautiful.

#2Temptation

They say we all have a guardian angel
watching over us; but what happens
when your angel is simply deceit
and betrayal dressed up in disguise?
What happens when they tempt
you with lust and infatuation and
claim to be wholesome pure love;
only for you to realise later they
only wanted to tempt you into
a moment of sin for the night?

That they wished for you to
become lost within the sweet
moment of hope, desire and
carnal attraction and love?
And before you know it, you've
fallen hook line and sinker and
you're locked inside this beautiful
rose smelling garden only you and
he are aware of, and you're
standing with arms outstretched

welcoming the gentle showers falling
from the baby blue sky, breathing
deeply as you feel your soul being
cleansed and you forget for a moment
that the piano keys you hear
murmuring in your heart are only
his sweet lullabies of dishonesty
and promised fairy tales that will
never come true.

For when he was created he was
created with only the sole purpose
of ruining everything that was
supposed to be good and honest
and pure. Hate and rage swells
within his heart and he cages anything
he can latch onto, spreading his poison
to the very depths of the earth.

#3 Strawberry Summer

{E' ancora mezzanotte a Roma}

crushed beneath velvet sheets
wrapped in a silky embrace,
confused illusions
fallacious assurances
ring hidden from sight.
Yet she knows, she's always
known; and when it's nestled
back in its rightful place
is when she allows tears to fall
she's holding out hope for a man
that will never love her the way
she deserves and still; she's holding
on with a tenacious grip to her

{amara e dolce estate di fragole}

*E ancora mezzanotte a Roma-It's midnight in Rome again
*amara e dolce estate di fragole-bitter and sweet strawberry summer

#1 is my favourite, because I think the flow is the best and it reads smoothly like a story, I really like the metaphors and description you have used for it. I guess also, that we all have that person, or have had that person in our lives, so it is very easy to relate to.

I like number two!!