#twofaced
one of my biggest bullies,
but crafted yourself into a saint.
and so it won’t be your reputation
that winds up tainted.
because when you wear a nice mask,
it’s easy to save face.
Feb 20
Feb 20, 2026 at 1:22 PM UTC
I can just see them.
Taking away my freedoms.
[One, out of the way.]
Two sides to the same coin.
We need to “get in on this”.
©2026Ellen Finn
Jan 30
Jan 30, 2026 at 10:57 AM UTC
Eight mouths
Seven eyes
Two ears
Nine dimes
Bet on the devil
Sweet and horrible
Wearing a halo of horse skin
Trading daffodils
For a soul
Trading secrets for a dime
Thrown all but into a hole
Secrets climbs
Spilling out
scorching the skin as overflows
A cloth weaved of thorns
Peeved
Pricking and brushing my burns
Soft and buttered with lies
Sweet as chocolate
Smooth
Seemingly flows off your ‘8’ mouths
A moth to a flame
How to lie
Guilt ridden
Fleeing
Faster than a raccoon digging up trash
Caught chewing on its on lies
Walk the halls
Whispering
Eyes seem to never be the same
Color changing
Tears wilted
Rose plucked dry
Leaving only your thorns
Once beautiful
Broken and of so painful
Pain is mine now
To much of your own to handle
Overflowing and overbearing
Guilt ridden
I’ll flee too
Scared of overthinking
Overflowing
Injuring the garden around me
Nov 19, 2024
Nov 19, 2024 at 10:51 PM UTC
It’s easy
to say
Sorry;
It’s not so
Easy to
Mean
What you
Say
Sep 24, 2024
Sep 24, 2024 at 11:36 AM UTC
Dear politician,
Thanks for stopping by
And for all the cameras
You brought along
This is where my house once stood
Before it was put afloat
And washed away
By what was once a mere creek
I see you came prepared!
An umbrella, a rain jacket
And some rubber boots as well!
Your whole attire
Truly you’re one of us!
So come on board!
We’ll ship down the main road
Look at the destruction together
While you make an earnest face
So everyone will see
How truly devastated you are
You assure immediate help
Promise to tackle climate change too!
Action is what is required?
We’ve stood still for too long?
It must be...
A sudden change of mind I see!
After all your warnings:
Avoid rash decisions!
Remember there is no need to panic!
What do you mean?
Let’s change the subject?
Oh my!
What lovely rain boots you have!
I hope you did not forget
To bring a change of clothes
There is not much time. You’ll be late!
Be on your way!
To the fossil fuel committee meeting
You see,
Your lobbyist is already waiting
Jul 19, 2021
Jul 19, 2021 at 12:56 PM UTC
i speak louder
but no one seems to hear
move faster
but moving nowhere
simultaneously icarus
simultaneously sisyphus
standing while falling
just the two of us
Jan 12, 2021
Jan 12, 2021 at 4:37 PM UTC
Becareful from the people in front of you,
They are nice but secretly hiding a poison behind.
Beware of the people in your back,
They might push you straight to the graveyard.
Dec 13, 2020
Dec 13, 2020 at 4:31 PM UTC
You are a worm.
Yet even famished fowl reap for any other.
What worth are heavy pockets
If they are suffused with stool?
Darling, how pretty pauper you pray
Pity she invocates for a lascivious eventide lantern.
Yet if it were me,
That lantern so sweet,
Would she truly taste hellfire.
Jun 10, 2020
Jun 10, 2020 at 11:46 AM UTC
It's ever fickle with how it appears,
one moment you don't know it's there the next it shows up uninvited,
you know it supposed to bring you joy, make you laugh,
but it can be just as kind as it can be cruel.
It wont tell you when it shows up, it wont tell you when it leaves,
this two faced thing called Happiness,
it's something the world fears, something the world enjoys,
it hides in the shadows of others, openly lets itself be displayed on the faces of the rest.
it takes from you and you don't notice until it leaves,
leaving you feeling as depressed and as sad as before it arrived,
it teeters on the edge of welcoming and hated,
driving its steel knife further and further in as it watches you,
twisting and turning, writhing and rolling.
but if you've had enough of this thing, this....Happiness.
let it be known that as you take your final breathe,
say your final goodbye,
and wave your final wave,
know.
know that the world will not wave back.
it will never wave back.
Nov 10, 2019
Nov 10, 2019 at 11:31 PM UTC
A face that is emotionless
Is more dangerous than a venomous spider
For the spider knows not how to hide its intentions
But an emotionless face tells no story
It holds power over your mind,heart and action
It also knows how to **** you
Slowly and painfully.
Aug 18, 2019
Aug 18, 2019 at 11:28 AM UTC
Listen to them very carefully.
Just listen to what they say.
Vile drips from their tongue so readily,
disguised in just the right way.
Now ponder for just a minute,
what do they speak of you?
When the crowd's without you in it,
do they mock you too?
Did you think you could escape,
their two-faced?
ALesiach © 08/04/2017
Jul 24, 2019
Jul 24, 2019 at 3:26 PM UTC
Do people ever admit
When they are two-faced?
If not, let me be the first
Because I need to throw away this toxic waste.
The more you get to know
My fake, happy shell,
You will start to learn that under that ****
I live in my own private hell.
If anyone gets this shell open
They always end up leaving
The real me is never good enough
So the shell stays closed and I’m left grieving.
Jun 15, 2019
Jun 15, 2019 at 8:15 PM UTC
my torment is one of clouds and flowers
freckles upon sun-kissed oranges
like roses through honey
& vivid eyes like the abstraction of Renaissance pieces
oh butterfly how you make my heart melt
chocolate brownie wonders with giggles on top
your effervescence brighter than a summer's day
entrapping my purity within your oppressive interior
our silences are filled with images of my creation
a cornucopia of passion for even the loneliest of wordsmiths
I leap into our pool of nostalgia for old time's sake
only to find your words transform into serpents.
whirlwinds of emotion now whispered into the ears of another
burning adorations into scarred remains
May 9, 2019
May 9, 2019 at 8:23 PM UTC
Pink hair she stands in front of me
She looks back smiles at me
Tells me how pretty I am
Not even half a minute later
I put earbuds in and she tells her friend
What a freak.
Blondish Brown hair sits near me
Tells me how glad she is we are friends
I think wow I’m so glad too
Life without her would be so dull
She’s my rock and gets me to do fun things.
The scary part is these people are the exact same people just a year difference in time.
Apr 5, 2019
Apr 5, 2019 at 1:06 PM UTC
What is that smile,
Threatening face?
Selfish desire,
Tie people on lace.
Everything for you
You don't see our needs,
Everyone's blue,
While her Majesty leads...
Show that you care,
But then spit in my soul?
Don't backstab me ever,
You won't see me fall.
Grin, laughter starts,
Pull me into your games,
You love broken hearts,
Throwin' us into flames
Mar 31, 2019
Mar 31, 2019 at 7:46 AM UTC
The world is too small for all those people to fit ,
Who won't admit the crimes they commit !
They smile to attract,
but everything's a lucid act!
Oh! I can see through the disguise they enact .
It's ugly,
to see how they act so smugly.
Ooh ! How do they possess this duality ,
How do we survive this brutality?
Somebody help us out of this !
Please! someone fill this dark abyss ...
With all the love and happiness that exists !
Mar 7, 2019
Mar 7, 2019 at 7:07 PM UTC
It was like I was two people at the same time.
No one noticed me, no one ever listened.
But at the same time I was the one that couldn’t keep my mouth shut and I was liked by many.
I didn’t really know how to act. Should I scream or suffer in silence?
Dec 9, 2018
Dec 9, 2018 at 8:02 PM UTC
Can you feel my pain?
The constant need to tear myself apart?
The intensity with which I loathe myself?
Can you see what is eating me alive?
The tears behind my bright eyes?
The darkness in which I hide my inner self?
Masks for every occasion.
A constant scene
in which I play limitless characters...
portray a plethora of emotions.
The curtain will someday close,
though not many even know it's open.
Freedom is what I long for.
A place and time where I can be my true self.
A person who understands who I am,
and is not afraid.
Perhaps freedom comes in the form of death.
Til I try I'll never know.
Nov 30, 2018
Nov 30, 2018 at 5:10 PM UTC