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RC Apr 2016
I thought I'd stop writing about you
assumed by now that I would've come to
been half expecting these feelings to fade
after everything you put me through
but each step I see you take makes it harder to face the truth
emphasizes the pain
from a realistic point of view

Yet here I am, regaining my composure
refraining from opening slammed doors
sustaining all your leftovers
things I was smart enough to hide
my thoughts, and self worth
residual pride
a working heart despite the missing parts
and through the bittersweet irony you always reminding me
that if I found you gone
I'd still have a good life

I was afraid of being left behind
hushing my intuition to appropriate your lies for peace of mind
falling for that killer ******* smile
that'd **** me over
every ******* time
I guess I thought your words tasted too good to ever hurt
never thought I'd miss the way promises rolled off your tongue
because now I'm spitting out those same sentences
like mouthfuls of dirt

I fell for the girl with too heavy of a past to unpack
blaming bad habits for everything she couldn't take back
near the end, said we'd never have a chance
she blamed it on the distance, so one day I plan to fix that
These days we don't speak but I can still find myself in her songs
no matter what my head says, I promised her my heart would wait
How ever long
~ don't read for rant
She's lied a million times and I'm still hanging on to every word, pretending in front of her that the ******* doesn't hurt. The worst part is the tension when we do talk, she knows what she's done but when she's there I couldn't care less, and when she's not I let her live her life. I'm okay with being used, but only by her, ever; especially when I know can see how she uses me as inspiration to write her songs because planted or not those are feelings that have grown.
Nastaj'a Apr 2016
In a world where War seems to be the only answer,
Deceit is the hidden message.
And Fraternity?
Well, you'll see.
SRS Apr 2016
Take off your mask and let me see your face
this isn't a ******* masquerade
I'm tired of these twisted games
sick of all these crimson stains
I never even chose to play
so why am I stuck here
still debating whether or not to stay

I cared about you
let you see peices of my mind
I never hid so why do you continue to hide
keep me blind to the true curves of your face
constantly behind your mask of fine
human skin
it seems you grew from within

And I get it

how else could you cope
with all these people walking around
that grasp around your throat
causing you to choke
their makeshift ropes
that tear apart your soul

I get it

But your mask is meant for those
not me
from the beginning
all I ever wanted was to see
and to be seen
but blindly I ran down a one way road
because the person I thought I had come to know
now has a grip around MY throat

decieved into believeing I could see
the parts of you no one else did
but you wore your mask around like your own skin
and now the walls of your deception are caving in
and im suffocating because if i breath in
this air I am afraid I'll be like you

untrue

to all i am and wish to be
this isn't a ******* masquerade
I let you see into me
and now your gracefully dancing
as if there were music playing
but the truth is you only really played me.

Why couldn't you see I was human too
like the person you
keep hidden beneath the lies
behind the vibrant eyes
of a mask that hides the secrets of your face
who are you?
because your not the person I knew
the person I thought I knew so well
Sometimes you've just gotta rant to let the pain out
F Tagayun Apr 2016
Little Mistress of Disguise
She runs and runs and always hides
When she talks, she tells you lies
She never looks you in the eyes

You never know what lies within
It may be pure, it may be sin
She might be looking through that door
She might be listening through the floor

Little Mistress of Disguise
O, how she says such pretty lies!
Pretty lies about the world
Pretty lies to all she's told

Through this let you listen be
A person of pure honesty
Sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry
Is never good in redundancy
Not if you can do it right
Do it right in every plight
Do it right and then you'll see
The truth behind her mystery
Written about a year ago. This poem is meant to awaken those being subjected to deception, to open their eyes and make them warier of their interactions. FZT
Erin Apr 2016
Shaking hands reveal the truth
I should have seen it, when my eyes brimmed with tears as I confessed my love for you,  
And with eyes downcast you whispered 'I love you too' but your hands shivered
I should have looked deeper
When my friend sighed 'everything is okay"
But with those forced words, came hands that shaked
I should have realized when I told myself 'I'm getting better' and an earthquake passed through my fingertips
I now know, to look past the deception and seek the truth your hands will show
Mystifying Chaos Mar 2016
You fell in love with her words.
You let her walk into your life.
You thought that she is just a harmless girl with a cute smile.
If only you had paid a close attention to her,
You'd know that she has a tendency to use her words in the form of a knife.
Sofia Mar 2016
encamped on a barren savanna
a formaldehyde trick laid
beneath a palace of red canvas
carcasses of Noah's Ark
left for a menagerie of men
a spectacle of meat and bone  
the tides of oddities come crashing
against the shores of spectators
the earth opens its hands to carry
the rails that lead an entourage of
grandeur at the ring master's ordinance
God's children in satin and sequins
Devil's work bared in ink and blood
ladies and gentlemen!
wooden pews for the congregation
occupied by followers seeking refuge
in the sacred acts of manipulation
enchantment for children
necromancy for those who walk
with hearts no longer beating
for the world they once knew
prepare to be amazed!
tight ropes are spun into webs
painted skin become prisms
nature's anomalies turned
into golden mythologies
figments of A Vision
brought to life by an apparition
the most extravagant extravaganza!
and the world burns anew
contemporary tales are told through
a splendor of color and brilliance
in a palace of red canvas
lay the corpses of humanity's finest
a formaldehyde trick
of preservation and deception
come one come all!
an asylum for those consumed
a sanctuary for those comforted
by the art of celebrated illusion
an institution built on maneuvering
the depths of every man's heart
welcome to the circus
sit back and enjoy the show!
because i have a fascination for circuses even though i'm scared of them.
Dark Ink Mar 2016
The say your bad
Or perhaps your mad
Or at least you
Should stay undercover
Your mind must be bare!
If you would dare
To think you can love
More than one lover
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