#vanity poems on Hello Poetry

YH Sep 2017

All things, eventually, fall into the hands of vanity.
The pain, the misery,
the sufferings, and the tears;
memories filled with screams of agony.

Oh, child, don’t waste your energy no more.
Cease your frenetic thoughts.

Proceed with what you are now,

for no one really knows what comes after oblivion.

— Y.H.

Look ahead,
gentle fervor.

You never know.
So,
use up the moments you have
with all of the gratitude
and awareness.

(c) Y.H.

#pain #suffering #tears #misery #agony #screams #calm #vanity

shiv Aug 2017

Untitled

Beauty is a disease, but you don't care if it's toxic.
Beauty is a poison but you'll drink it like it's not, you'll drink it like it's not.

#love #hate #vanity #beauty #society

Matthew Rousseau Aug 2017

From beneath

My eyes Crack like dried paper,
onto the desk at 4 am,
I'm not sure if my maker,
is a lion or a lamb,

Stuck between the present,
and the task at hand,
life is rarely pleasant,
when you can see through the sham,

I open the window, ash seeps in,
I can never duck get win,
Friends, my patience is wearing thin,
I know there's places I've been,

Not in the linear fashion of thought,
but inside the sky of my minds eye,

past, present future,
everything that can't be bought

Thanks for the read
- Matt

#anguish #torment #suffer #death #vanity #third #eye #spiritual #selfish #understanding

Alberto Jul 2017

Local Facade

I don't have to wait anymore
Things will soon never be the same
Landscapes will change to shapes and shades I've never seen
I won't be there, will that finally make you feign
Or at least want me or miss me just a bit
You were never decisive, you had no grit
You were like the wind, here for just a moment
And not a second more, leaving me to lament
You thought your presence was some blessing to your generation
But truth is you've never even been a local sensation

#goodbye #riddance #baggage #admiration #lust #resentment #vanity #humility

Roisin Jun 2017

Sin Superbia

pride was her weakness
but then pride caught fire
now her pride is burned

pride was her weakness
but then pride grew tired
now her pride is yearned

pride was a relic of her insanity
her pride, her vanity
hit with reality
she is no longer proud.

Pride - a deadly sin.

#pride #seven #deadly #sins #vanity #vain #proud #symbolism #peoms

Francie Lynch Jun 2017

My Cup Runneth Over There

I'm taunted by another,
Allured by the attention,
Polishing vanity to a reflective glaze,
Like a winner's cup, held up by the ears,
To display, kiss, and smudge,
Then returned to the rightful owner.
It's an enviable snare,
One may think is sincere,
From here, looking over there.

Notes

#infidelity #cheating #adultery #*** #envy #greed #vanity #ego #selfesteem

mirah sol avenida Jun 2017

mermaids and pearls

Dress them fabulous!
Line their eyes black, dramatic;
Teach the young mermaids to walk in cigarettes
with eyes of starved predators (like they are)
unflinching at the flashes as they sashay
To let ***** sons imagine what’s under the bespoke.
Make their tresses wet for greater effects
Let my mermaids walk with pearl-choked necks!

Cut off the ducklings! Matrons like swans
--nymphs that glide on runway as if on ice
Have the witches lust for the sea green dress
Even if it makes them look like fat caterpillars
Make them forget that they’re no longer young
And that these girls are the newest brand of beautiful.
For the sequin-scales, have the crones battle with cheques.
Let my mermaids walk with pearl-choked necks!

finger exercises from my creative writing class, partially inspired by 'The Emperor of Ice Cream'

#fashion #vanity #consumerism