Cynic

I've discovered why you hate them so:
You felt they delivered you a blow.
Not with sticks and stones; but words indeed
That you let obscure your friends in need
Who sing release when you let hatred go.

What have they done to warrant such disgraces
That you refuse to see their tearful faces.
Did they disobey your sacred rule?
When you offered love, did they act cruel?
Inflict on you a pain that's most invasive?

Now you shut them out of sight and mind.
Only wish that they respond in kind.
Now their gentle voices sound absurd.
Offer solace you do not deserve.
Offer you escape you failed to find.

Give yourself the break you've always earned.
Reason offers you a chance to learn:
You look on a world you felt betrayed
The darkest moral code a cynic craves...
I wait patiently, and voice concern.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2009


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Date: 6/2/2009 1:32:00 PM
Wonderful message in the thought provoking poem. Nice use of rhyme and flow. I like the use of questions too. Thank you for sharing your talent with us and for your kind comments. Karen
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Date: 6/1/2009 8:22:00 AM
Uh, nice lesson, I like the tone and how every line just seems to armor it and exhibit the dagger; thanks for sharing, and for the comments; I'm glad that the poems produced some sort of effect in you, specially Space Oddity @.@ jojojojo nice theory, thanks for sharing it, I really enhoyed it =D and that's what's all about in the end, interpretation =D
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Date: 5/17/2009 2:26:00 PM
A well-written and carefully thought out poem, Yoni! Your A A B B A rhyme scheme is very clever and gives the poem a wonderful rhythm. I like your perspective as you "voice concern." Excellent work, Yoni! Love, Carolyn
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Date: 5/16/2009 6:12:00 PM
Very well done. I love the flow in this. Thanks for the comment. Nate
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Date: 5/16/2009 11:01:00 AM
Very beautiful poem.
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