The Man in the Glass House

Shattered dreams

The Man in the Glass House

The only way

The man in the glass house

Could communicate

Was to tightly tie

His words around a stone

And chuck them through the glazing

But the people

Did not read his writings

Because they were covered in sharp shards

And they were afraid

Not only of being wounded

But believed a poison covered them

His apparent transparency

Was stained

And blackened by their hatred of the truth

So they threw thick tar

Upon the very symbolic structure

Of his characteristic dwelling

So for now

The man in the glass house

Lives in unwarranted shadowy silhouettes

Of detestation

From those who do not accept

His unique diversity

Yet the conviction

To believe

Someone outside his conservatory world

Would unfold the writings

Wrapped around those fateful stones

Remained unchangeable

As was predestined

One adventurous inquisitive soul

Unshackled their chains of trepidation

And tentatively

Peeled off a parchment page

From its stony host

And there dawned

An enlightenment of great revelation

Poignantly scrawled

Were the thoughts

Of the man in the glass house

Asking for forgiveness

Copyright @ Phillozofee 2022

Reviews

[emmajoygreen]

Glasshouses from within and outdoor are a sign of being seen but not being heard Or the outsiders being heard but hiding because that's what they do. The latter being that - whatever one could or might say can be manipulated by scorn or imagination. Those within the glass, need see to live, but in fact only exist, poor dears. What sadness in your words, sir.

'And there dawned
An enlightenment of great revelation
Poignantly scrawled
Were the thoughts
Of the man in the glass house
Asking for forgiveness'

Or more, depending on..

[Carola]

well penned phil.
people always make assumptions rather than asking non-presumptuous questions with an open mind.
cheerio carola

[Weeping willow]

Wonderfully expressed, loved the flow of words and kept me reading till the end. Glass houses do crack at times leaving holes in the world of mans ideas ;-]

[John the Baptist]

Well, as the old saying goes, people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. There are public figures who might benefit from reading this one.

[Carlos Lorenzo Estrada]

It is truly a shame that we find that our society permeates with an abundance of these glass houses as many hearts now find they have an aversion to truth. Their nature has become incurious and would rather live in fantasy than accept reality. Technology has fanned the flames of Psychopathy rather than free the mind to knowledge.