The importance of a sentence is usually told in the sentence itself, whereas "extra" details are withheld in brackets, this poem is the exact opposite. The sentences are beautiful lies. The brackets are harsh truths and inherently of more import.
Written at 3:04 am on 05/12/2015.
© L.J. Slaferek
Great eagles soar Over canyons high Omnipotent eyes searching for Doorways to another Blooming sunburst
Slip on the mask Can’t let them see you cry Smile through the pain Tolerate living for one more day A mask of lies
The smile hides the tears The laugh conceals the pain The jokes save them from his suffe… “I’m fine” he says “I’m okay” he says
They scream He cries She laughs Sound can be a powerful thing Songs can touch the heart
There is a beautiful glade Covered in white roses Shimmering in the sunlight Ranks of tall trees with golden le… Surround the glade
Oh, miserable love And beloved misery What is the meaning of it all? Why do I feel the cold sting of m… And the warm embrace of twisted wr…
Doomed to wander endlessly 'I cannot hear a sound’' Then suddenly, a sound that is not… 'I cannot smell anything’' Then immediately, a scent unlike a…
The Sound of Nothing What sound does Nothing make? The sound of quiet A soothing sound Or a lonely one?
Night comes The darkness closes in On the form sleeping in the bed It cannot be stopped It will take another victim
Tossing and turning in bed Whilst dark thoughts crawl in my h… Finding it impossible to fall asle… As the madness begins to creep Like a serpent slithering
I’m fine It’s a sign Yes, I know you love me I can truly see My days are bright
Thoughts collapse Mind full of gaps Can’t escape Pain takes shape Cuts on a wrist
Putz She laughed, sometimes Made me smile, a lot Raged, sometimes Made me run for the hills, occasio…
Writing poetry at 4 am Is not as romantic as the poets sa… It is not with love I write Or hatred It is neither
I don’t belong here Destined for another place So lonely It crushes me Falling through a black abyss