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****** expressions Are like puzzles. The mouth, the eyes and eyebrows Are each a mini puzzle That together represent emotion. Furrowing of the eyebrows, Lips pulled back into a snarl To expose the teeth. Anger. Mouth pulled downwards, Eyes filled with tears And cheeks are reddened. Sadness, perhaps grief. But looks can be deceiving too. A true smile: Crinkling beside the eyes And the lips pulled upwards. A false smile: No crinkling beside the eyes And the lips forcefully pulled upwards. No happiness Nor truth. ****** expressions are like riddles, Riddles that hide emotion. They can mask the truth, Conceal pain. A mere web of lies. What does that make ****** expressions? Paradoxes? Tools of manipulation? As quick as a flash, They switch From one emotion to another Before enough time is gathered To solve the puzzles, The ever confusing riddles. Before I can solve The meaning of the mouth, The eyes And the eyebrows. Remaining forever a mystery.
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May 1, 2014
May 1, 2014 at 12:36 AM UTC
****** Expressions Are Like Puzzles
****** expressions Are like puzzles. The mouth, the eyes and eyebrows Are each a mini puzzle That together represent emotion. Furrowing of the eyebrows, Lips pulled back into a snarl To expose the teeth. Anger. Mouth pulled downwards, Eyes filled with tears And cheeks are reddened. Sadness, perhaps grief. But looks can be deceiving too. A true smile: Crinkling beside the eyes And the lips pulled upwards. A false smile: No crinkling beside the eyes And the lips forcefully pulled upwards. No happiness Nor truth. ****** expressions are like riddles, Riddles that hide emotion. They can mask the truth, Conceal pain. A mere web of lies. What does that make ****** expressions? Paradoxes? Tools of manipulation? As quick as a flash, They switch From one emotion to another Before enough time is gathered To solve the puzzles, The ever confusing riddles. Before I can solve The meaning of the mouth, The eyes And the eyebrows. Remaining forever a mystery.
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May 1, 2014
May 1, 2014 at 12:36 AM UTC
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