#alltheworldsastage - Hello Poetry

The lightest touch Is all it takes To stimulate The thirsty mind Desires like delusions Bloom out of needs Unmet To own and to possess To have and to hold What is the difference Between marriage and Slavery? So many expectations Inevitable like gravity Forsaking the self In exchange for The we. The body continues Its fleshy desires Long after The mind is Made When the desires of body Overtake mind What am I? Is it me? Is it, it?

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Aug 6, 2023

Aug 6, 2023 at 8:12 PM UTC

aneesah-lionheart

Emotional ************

The lightest touch Is all it takes To stimulate The thirsty mind Desires like delusions Bloom out of needs Unmet To own and to possess To have and to hold What is the difference Between marriage and Slavery? So many expectations Inevitable like gravity Forsaking the self In exchange for The we. The body continues Its fleshy desires Long after The mind is Made When the desires of body Overtake mind What am I? Is it me? Is it, it?

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ALL THE WORLD'S A STAGE Where every scene from every play Ever written flows seamlessly into Each other in no particular order ALL THE WORLD'S A ****** MYSTERY Where everyone’s a probable suspect Including the investigating officers Playwrights and audience Yet we’re all sure we know whodunit ALL THE WORLD'S A COMEDY OR STAND-UP ACT Where everyone’s a dressed-down clown Even the straight man and the cast and crew And everyone plagiarizes the punch-lines ALL THE WORLD'S A PASSION PLAY Where everyone’s a martyr Even the judge and executioners And the messiah must be A flavour of the week superstar ALL THE WORLD'S A SOAP OPERA OR CRIME DRAMA Where the cast doesn’t realise They aren't wearing any clothing Even though they are seasoned And respected award winning actors And the show is being marketed as pornographic ALL THE WORLD'S AN OFFICIAL DOCUMENTARY Where everyone’s the subject Director producer and crew As long as the camera is rolling And it’s rolling 24/7 ! ALL THE WORLD'S A REALITY SHOW Where everyone’s a drama queen Including the director producer and crew And the camera is always rolling Even when there’s no film in it And the props and stage are constantly being put-up and torn down all around them ALL THE WORLD'S A COMEDY/DRAMA Where nothing’s really that funny And the edginess is trite and melodramatic Like a cast of mimes in a Shakespearean play ALL THE WORLD'S A GAME SHOW Where everyone is the host Including the audience And there are no contestants Only models on a flashy stage.

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Apr 1, 2017

Apr 1, 2017 at 2:42 AM UTC

DanielTucker

Born for the Stage

ALL THE WORLD'S A STAGE Where every scene from every play Ever written flows seamlessly into Each other in no particular order ALL THE WORLD'S A ****** MYSTERY Where everyone’s a probable suspect Including the investigating officers Playwrights and audience Yet we’re all sure we know whodunit ALL THE WORLD'S A COMEDY OR STAND-UP ACT Where everyone’s a dressed-down clown Even the straight man and the cast and crew And everyone plagiarizes the punch-lines ALL THE WORLD'S A PASSION PLAY Where everyone’s a martyr Even the judge and executioners And the messiah must be A flavour of the week superstar ALL THE WORLD'S A SOAP OPERA OR CRIME DRAMA Where the cast doesn’t realise They aren't wearing any clothing Even though they are seasoned And respected award winning actors And the show is being marketed as pornographic ALL THE WORLD'S AN OFFICIAL DOCUMENTARY Where everyone’s the subject Director producer and crew As long as the camera is rolling And it’s rolling 24/7 ! ALL THE WORLD'S A REALITY SHOW Where everyone’s a drama queen Including the director producer and crew And the camera is always rolling Even when there’s no film in it And the props and stage are constantly being put-up and torn down all around them ALL THE WORLD'S A COMEDY/DRAMA Where nothing’s really that funny And the edginess is trite and melodramatic Like a cast of mimes in a Shakespearean play ALL THE WORLD'S A GAME SHOW Where everyone is the host Including the audience And there are no contestants Only models on a flashy stage.

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Holding up a cheery facade- exhausting, necessary, effective. Telling myself elaborate stories- it's fine, i'm ok, i'm doing my best. Eventually it will be true. Soon the stories will manifest. Hold fast to the veil of illusion. Don't unmask the magician yet.

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Jun 30, 2023

Jun 30, 2023 at 6:43 AM UTC

aneesah-lionheart

Magic

Holding up a cheery facade- exhausting, necessary, effective. Telling myself elaborate stories- it's fine, i'm ok, i'm doing my best. Eventually it will be true. Soon the stories will manifest. Hold fast to the veil of illusion. Don't unmask the magician yet.

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