Hidden in Lines

 

You want to write a poem

paint a picture with words, so nice.

 

Throw so many words at me, once, twice, three times!

Each and every letter, consonant and vowel

tell and sing so perfectly, a story I'm waiting to hear.

Paint this notebook canvas, orange, grey, and blue;

color in this work of art for me to read too.

 

Tell me, what will it say?

These colors and these hues?

Will they speak of adventures past,

Of places never seen? The darkest corner of your mind

screaming out at me?

Will cries of pain be heard around, near and far and wide?

Will it make me cry out loud

Because of life's cruel design?

Tell me things I never knew, about the pains you've been through?

Stories screaming at me, "Please!

See how you can help me!"

Will it make me turn around, ignore what's in plain sight?

 

You want to write a poem,

 and that, I'm sure, is fine.

 

But will the hidden content

scare me off this time?

Will the happy moments

suddenly turn gray?

And everything I've learned to know

set me off today?

Am I prepared to read this

to live with what it says?

 

I've done it time and time again

shown you exactly what's 'real'.

But how will my tailored stories compare to how you feel?

 

Author's Note

Doo doo doo do do dooooo do!

Reviews

[closed]

whimsical words, from a crafty storyteller^
one who hides not truth, and expresses from the inner self

an impressive approach.

good to see you active again^

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I completely enjoyed this one, I sensed some humor in it. I like your style.

[Aven]

I really enjoyed this one, you deserve more reviews! It is very playful and creative. And I absolutely LOVED how you used your username StoryTailor in the line "how will my tailored stories..". That was brilliant. :)

[Candylove.]

I really enjoy the way you write, it's very interesting to me. ha This is a really great piece, I can definitely relate to this. Extremely well written. Keep up the good work! :)