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Why Should I Be Honest

January 15, 2022
By Rsnail-925 PLATINUM, Boulder, Colorado
Rsnail-925 PLATINUM, Boulder, Colorado
29 articles 11 photos 106 comments

Favorite Quote:
A story has as many versions as it has readers - Winter Of Our Discontent


Why should I be honest

when I know the truth 

when it hurts too much 

to see my mistakes unravel 

to see my friends stare 

as if I were sheets of silk

so elegant

so seductive to the naked eye 

but blind sighted by my shards of glass

tearing through 

leaving cuts

that define the unfinished edges

and watching

as each singular strand 

falls apart 

by the sheerness

of a delicate touch 

staining ivory white 

into blood red 

telling the truth 

carelessness in response 


The author's comments:

This poem really means a lot to me, I just got overwhelmed with myself and my life so I decided to start writing. And this is the writing that came out of it. I had written a lot about this piece but my tab didn't save and I lost all of it so here I am trying to come up with something meaningful to say but I can't. 

I use writing to just escape my problems, it helps me express what I can never say to people. And that's what I did here. It's just about feeling like I'm not being heard, and when I do try to open up to people they tear me down. 

 

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on Feb. 8 2022 at 2:08 pm
Rsnail-925 PLATINUM, Boulder, Colorado
29 articles 11 photos 106 comments

Favorite Quote:
A story has as many versions as it has readers - Winter Of Our Discontent

Thank you so much Afra, you seem like a amazing person as well! Yeah this poem took me so long to write but i'm so glad it finally made it to TeenInk.

Afra ELITE said...
on Feb. 7 2022 at 7:13 am
Afra ELITE, Kandy, Other
103 articles 7 photos 1824 comments

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"A writer must never be short of ideas."<br /> -Gabriel Agreste- (Fictional character- Miraculous)

@Rsnail-925, you seem like a nice person...And I really love the perfectly heart-stirring poem...☆☆☆