#perception poems on Hello Poetry

tree Aug 2021

our pupils widen to let in more light so that we can see something better, but
when we see people we love, our pupils widen to take more of them in,
to drink as much of their image into our eyes as possible

my eyes change to see more of you

the human body is spectacular scientifically but we're so soft and pure when it comes to people we love

#human #love #eyes #pupils #widen #light #image #see #perception

Khoisan Aug 2021

Prosaic Renaissance

Contemplating
the
elusive word
with pen in hand
like
a
soldier
guards his sword
gauging
fervor
"love and war"
.

In the end only time will tell
heaven-bound
or
cryptic
hell
stains on the conscience will remain
resurrecting
a
prosaic name.

#prose #poetry #perception #time #death #resurrecting

Ylzm Jul 2021

Not as it Seems

You use your cleanest rag
to clean a mess
An antiseptic swab
to clean a wound
And the softest strongest
to wipe your ****

Only the strong
can be burdened
Only the living
bleeds when cut
And a tree withered
to its roots still lives

The poor illustrates
the folly of greed
The outcasts reveal
the pretence of good
And the chosen shattered
that evil's judged

#upsidedown #seeming #mind #opposite #perception #reality #unseen

jǫrð Jul 2021

Tunnel

Absent was the sun
Unseen to the deep anglers
Perception is all

The History: Visions

#perception

Mitch P Jul 2021

Paintbrush skies

Look
Through the window
watching paintbrush skies
fade into a starlit night
moving over us
hurdling forward
carrying our suitcases of reflections
- worries, frustrations, relief.

Look
without seeing
Because I'm imagining a memory
- frightfully similar
to predicting the future.
Cornering the world,
I'm turning away
from paintbrush skies.

Look
back and forth between
my canvas and my muse
within and without my mind
Moving with broad strokes
that shrink into the detail
Never quite sure if I'm seeing
what's really ahead
or in my head.

#reality #imagining #perception #reflection

Pr nandni Jun 2021

Beauty

Never STOP yourself to WONDER how BEAUTIFUL you're ,,
Jealousy will cease you to RUN after more SUPERIOR than you..
Your beauty will not stop you, but your PRIDE on your beauty will LOCK your MOVE ..

OPEN your HEART every time you open your EYES..
Make your soul LIVELY and
as PLAYFUL as butterfly
Who spends their whole LIFE , flying across AESTIVATIONS ,,
Of singly coloured PETALS....
Holding the band of RAINBOW on their BACK...

If they stop , to CHERISH their beauty
It'll disturb the law..
UNAWARE of their BREATHTAKING beauty they're happy & BUSY..

So, if you're arrived for a JOURNEY
Never make SONGS of your MISERIES
Make your PAIN , a mole of CHEEK
Not an EXCUSE to hide your FACE
Never let your SHORTCOMINGS be the reason to RUN away from LIFE...

They call crawling caterpillars UGLY
But wishes to get KISSED from butterflies
They're nagging , criticizing judgemental
Can only PRAISE the Beauty...
Nobody is INTERESTED in anyone's journey
So BUSY to see transformation
But Ready to Compare & to make PERCEPTION ......

"Don't let the noise of other people's opinion drown out your own inner voice" ~ S.J.

#beauty #pride #butterfly #happy #shortcomings #journey #compare #perception #life #criticize

Chrissy Ade May 2021

Dreams

I cherish my dreams
more than I cherish life
My dreams are bursting with color,
the endless sight of a rainbow
Idyllic and innocent
But waking up becomes
a nightmare to return to
a life that is colored with
nothing but greys
that I did not ask for
How I wish for my dreams
to bleed into real life
and transform my perception
of reality

#dreams #nightmare #reality #life #perception #perspective