Lives Like Fiction

You know how everyone wants to be a character in a book? The simplicity of a love story, a hero with superpowers, or whatever. But it's never like that.

Lives like books,
Their stories foretold;
Everything falls into place.
Loving by day,
Dreaming by night,
Hearts reading by
Their soul's soft light.

Lives like novels.
Keep pressing replay.
Locked in our untrue worlds.
The heartache,
The sorrow,
Overcome by joy:
A summation into which
You would burrow.

Lives like stories
Conquered by lies,
Building your house around it.
Your family,
Your friends,
Traded in for brand new;
Contentment
Was never founded.

Lives like fiction.
Can you not see?
Your fables filled with laughter,
A utopia,
A fairy tale,
These things cannot give you
Your happily ever after.

Reviews

[Gordon]

I like it. The weird thing is your writing style is similar to mine in many ways. I'll have to read more of your goodness to know for sure but you build rules and frame your patterns in the same way I often do. I think we're twins. :) Great job!

[Rachel Anderson]

Haha, yeah I'm a big fan of structure with my poems. Gives them a sense of order and purpose, I think. Twinsies for life! Lol!

[CreativeStroke]

This was incredibly unique and I loved every stanza!
I am fascinated by so many different types of books and stories and to see you compare our everyday lives with each type was a very enjoyable read. Thank you for sharing this remarkable work with all of us! I am glad I gave it a read :)

[Rachel Anderson]

So glad you liked it. Thanks for the review!

[Lucien Maier]

Outstanding vocabulary on this piece.
I would love to hear you speak it to hear the cadence you would bring with it.
I can't quite lock it down in my head

[Rachel Anderson]

I honestly can't write a poem without some kind of rhythm. I'm glad you liked it. :)

[Inda]

I love the rhythm of this piece; really gets in your head. I like how you point out the fallacy in the idea that living or being a character in a book is a better way of life. Great Job!

[Rachel Anderson]

Thank you! Glad you liked it! :D

[hundi]

some people are "locked in our untrue worlds" just like a novel , trying to be something else , that is unattainable, this poem is so true , I liked how you intertwined literature referances , really cool

[Rachel Anderson]

Thanks! I usually don't like to read my own poetry, but I'm pretty proud of this one, haha!

[quinfinn]

i was always partial to humphrey bogart's character rick in casablanca....if i could live from fiction that would be right up my tree. i love the concept of this piece and instead of waxing philosophical i am going to enjoy the fantasies you have fueled me with for today. thank you for an excellent write! and...."here's looking at you, kid"

[Rachel Anderson]

Haha, thanks so much!

[quinfinn]

;)

[icelandicblue]

There are two quotes that come to mind when I read this poem. One is by Buddha “Life is suffering,” and one by Friedrich Nietzsche "To live to to suffer." Life is not easy and it can't always be wrapped up in a bow. You speak to the heart of the human condition.

[Rachel Anderson]

I agree. Thanks!

[Girl Friday (Sarah W.)]

It's true, I often wish that I could be the female lead in a movie or book with sweeping and thrilling romance. I think that society conditions us to feel this way, and then we end up being disappointed with our own lives. We need to learn to be happy with the day to day, and to, as you put it "find our own happily every afters". I liked this one...the form was a little choppy in the read for me (probably jus the short lines), but overall quite nice.

[Rachel Anderson]

I have a very specific writing style, I think. It does sound choppy a lot of times, but I really enjoy the rhythmic flow that it provides. Thanks for reading!

[James Helm]

This was very interesting to read. I loved it.

[Rachel Anderson]

Thanks, James. :)

[James Helm]

No problem rachey.