Falling Through the Lies

Sometimes its hard to decipher truth from lies...

Hearts are made to be broken,

Tears are made to cry,

Wrists are made for cutting,

People are made to die,

Wars are made for peace,

Kids are meant to kill,

Girls are meant to be raped,

And governments promote God's will.

Why do you bother?

Every word is a lie.

Poision shoots from your lips,

Why do you even try?

Boxes are made to live in,

Money is made to hoard,

Countries are made to die for,

Oil is meant to lord.

Blood is meant to spill,

Cars are made to crash,

Food is meant to starve for,

Sorry if my words are rash.

But the people can't live

A life that is fake.

Why do you bother?

Why do you lie?

Hearts are meant to be filled!

People are meant to fly!

Flying high with your hidden lies,

Soaring above the clouds,

Then screaming as you break my wings,

And I crash toward the ground.

And as I fall I pass,

Every lie I've been taught,

And I realize that it is you I should have fought.

Why do you bother?

Every word is a lie.

Poision shoots from your lips,

Maybe people -

                are meant to die.

                                ~by Pauline Marie Daley

         November 5th, 2008

Reviews

[R J Askew]

I like it. Great title. The title put its arm round me and drew me in. I like the broken glass crunchiness of the poem. I also thought, lets get through all the truthes and lies, move beyond them all. Lies have their place just as much as truthes, don't they? Lies can be our friends. Sometimes lies are all some people have. And how many times do people say what is the truth? So lies are fascinating concepts. Your poem makes me think. If a lie will ride with us when a truth will not...lets ride! I wonder how many of us pass a day without telling the odd lie. Life wld collapse without lies and liars. Also it would be immeasurably duller.

[Doctor Deathstab]

Great flow and choice of words. The "Girls are meant to be raped" line brought a smile to my face, although I doubt that was your intention. I loved it anyway.

[Zach Colgate]

I like the idea of this poem. I can identify with what you are saying here. The only suggestion that I have for this poem is to adjust some of the line lengths to establish a more consistent rhythm. Its your poem, though, so you don't have to listen to me. lol. I like the repeating lines throughout the poem, and the way you change a few words in some of the lines as you go. I enjoyed reading this. Kudos.