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Amanda Kay Burke Dec 2020
Dark words distorted
Cold careless chaos crawling
Same sound. Morphed meaning.
They don't sound different but I know you mean something else this time
Grey Jan 2020
My mind morphed his evil grin
into a warm smile.
C Solace Jul 2018
As you stare back at me, are you just as disgusted?
  Take a gander at what life decided to hand this poor soul.
Do you see HER?
  Can you see her failure, her fears, that black-hole in her chest?
It’s all there, plain as day, hidden behind her smile.
  
   Worldly impressions have waged a war within heart,
She can no longer trust her eyes, nor her mind.
  They have lied so many times to her,
You are strong, you are unique, you are the essence of beauty.
  
   **** liars
Are we looking at the same woman?
  Her body is morphed and it is torn,
it bears scars from the inside out.
  

   Misplaced skin, sagging, dragging, nothing is working.
She does not need your pity,
  She has far beyond enough for herself.
Grab the mirror and smash it
  

   You can no longer stare back and be disgusted by me
*TW* this poem is a reflection upon personal body image, and the mind morph that can be displayed when you are struggling
Dhaara T Apr 2017
Information...
is it dissemination
or confrontation
of the truth behind the lies?
They pull it, stretch it
knead it, shape it
into something
for you to believe
D'oh! We believe
in what we see
and miss out
on little but evident clues
Like doe, we run away from grasslands
towards shady woods of alternate media
pulled, stretched
kneaded
shaped
dough – our reality
something they play with.
"If you don't trust media (you may be right to, but then), how do you trust alternate media?" ~ Just a thought, I'm not here to challenge anything, but I'd like to learn.

Background on the theme: I opened my book shelf and while my eyes traversed over The Afghan, Go Set A Watchman, Mastery and Candide, my hands quickly reached out for The Cooking Book by Jane Bull. I realized it was because I secretly did not want my piece to be influenced by the book, but only by the theme. Who would've thought Play Dough would inspire such a poem! I'm actually a little proud of this one. Oh, modesty's taking a shower right now...let's not disturb him, yea? :P

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