Poetry: What we really see 40 Articles

by darkangel

Graceful ballerina pleasant to the eye, she spins and spins then leaps, a gazelle in disguise, she sings like heavens angels, shes thinner than a rail, graceful like a cat, look again you'll see her tail, beautiful ...read more

by Brenda Boyd

Defy me, accuse me To me put all blame You molestor of innocence, stealer of souls For you all evidence points But I the frail But I the youth Have been given the sentence Forced into punishment For you Unwi...read more

by Olivia-Jade Shaw

You can look at my face, but you can't see behind the mask. You could guess why i am the way i am, but you will never witness my past. If you wish, you could look into my blue eyes. But no matter how much you try, you c...read more

by Rhonda Nemri

Truth: Spoken words, Spoken truths the unbelievers of the truth the silence of your mind has spoken with no words words that could tremble the heart, hands and feet without the truth the mind is weak the ...read more

by Casey Peterson

Today you stepped all over me Then cursed my very existence As if it was my fault that Your shoe was muddied with my persistence Just a week ago I was someone's desire And now I lay to waste You wish somebody had c...read more

by Kevin Noonan

"Clothes Make the Man" No one gets to see the skin hiding beneath the once medium, now large clothes I wear; because no one gets to see the heart beating beneath the once taut, now loose skin I despair; bec...read more

by Heraclitus

Magic Eyes __________ The backyard trees of childhood A lush primeval grove The old stove on the back porch Was the time machine I drove Sweet yellow apples Orbed carpet of delight Littered the grateful ground W...read more

by Cheryl O'Brien

How do you know? How do you know what I want or need? You have never asked. You say the years you have lived have taught you much. That experience tells you what I think and feel You say I am a woman and a wom...read more

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by Patty Hanson

Best Kind Of Friendship: You understand me like no one else I could never be no other than myself. Around you there's no hiding the pain no holding back tears I'd have nothing to gain. You can see things no...read more

by Joseph Wardy

See nature.. As beauty to behold. See genius... As a gift to share. See self... As a way to lose self. See heart... As the path to unconditional love.read more

by Collin Jones

The List The list Filled with names Filled with mystery The list You play games And you're history The list Hard to get on Easy to get off The list Good Or Bad?read more

by Native Texan

THE BEAUTY WITHIN She was the last of the furniture left in the empty apartment. Her companions had been carted away days ago. All of the old woman's relatives had rejected her, leaving her desolate and lonely. Aband...read more

by Barbara Writes

My eyes see The things I see meditate I am aware of my thinking I see what I'm thinking trying to Find solutions I reflect on thing around me Do the people I see really exist? Are am I dreaming upon my bed...read more

by mdsagemello

Orchid Room Long to be free and unleashed to roam. Why here in the womb I cannot see over and over again I try too see light.Now I am beginning to gain my strength.Though I Long to be free and unleashed to roam.This...read more

by Nancy Browne

Eye of the Beholder She sat next to me This stranger Young enough to be my daughter Yet old enough to be a mother herself I wondered immediately If she thought she looked good Or was it one more insult to humani...read more

by Cassie Mcnabb

what we really see isn't always true, when you see a dock you never look beyond it, when you see a fat person you never look inside, when you see a ugly person she is most likely beautiful inside, when you see ...read more

by Kari Lea Wilhems

I love to watch you sleep I love to watch you sleep to watch as your chest rises softly, slowly in rhythm with your breath your breath, without which no life would be in you and I can lay my head t...read more

by tazman74

What we really see Is not always What is being Shown to us What we really see Is what we want To see in life That is they way it is That is why we see What we really seeread more

by Martin Martinez

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, thats what I've been told but in reality, this world is very cold there is no life there is no warmth the things we see are truly rare sometimes beauty makes us stare no matter ...read more

by Allison Reilly

The world in turmoil, thrown in disarray, hands at its own throat the border are very tense. One day, the great wall will crumble, but not today, and not tomorrow, not until I tell it to. What do I make of Russ...read more