Login
|
Join PoetrySoup
Home
Submit Poems
Login
Sign Up
Member Home
My Poems
My Quotes
My Profile & Settings
My Inboxes
My Outboxes
Soup Mail
Contest Results/Status
Contests
Poems
Poets
Famous Poems
Famous Poets
Dictionary
Types of Poems
Quotes
Short Stories
Articles
Forum
Blogs
Poem of the Day
New Poems
Resources
Syllable Counter
Anthology
Grammar Check
Greeting Card Maker
Classifieds
Member Area
Member Home
My Profile and Settings
My Poems
My Quotes
My Short Stories
My Articles
My Comments Inboxes
My Comments Outboxes
Soup Mail
Poetry Contests
Contest Results/Status
Followers
Poems of Poets I Follow
Friend Builder
Soup Social
Poetry Forum
New/Upcoming Features
The Wall
Soup Facebook Page
Who is Online
Link to Us
Member Poems
Poems - Top 100 New
Poems - Top 100 All-Time
Poems - Best
Poems - by Topic
Poems - New (All)
Poems - New (PM)
Poems - New by Poet
Poems - Random
Poems - Read
Poems - Unread
Member Poets
Poets - Best New
Poets - New
Poets - Top 100 Most Poems
Poets - Top 100 Most Poems Recent
Poets - Top 100 Community
Poets - Top 100 Contest
Famous Poems
Famous Poems - African American
Famous Poems - Best
Famous Poems - Classical
Famous Poems - English
Famous Poems - Haiku
Famous Poems - Love
Famous Poems - Short
Famous Poems - Top 100
Famous Poets
Famous Poets - Living
Famous Poets - Most Popular
Famous Poets - Top 100
Famous Poets - Best
Famous Poets - Women
Famous Poets - African American
Famous Poets - Beat
Famous Poets - Cinquain
Famous Poets - Classical
Famous Poets - English
Famous Poets - Haiku
Famous Poets - Hindi
Famous Poets - Jewish
Famous Poets - Love
Famous Poets - Metaphysical
Famous Poets - Modern
Famous Poets - Punjabi
Famous Poets - Romantic
Famous Poets - Spanish
Famous Poets - Suicidal
Famous Poets - Urdu
Famous Poets - War
Poetry Resources
Anagrams
Bible
Book Store
Character Counter
Cliché Finder
Poetry Clichés
Common Words
Copyright Information
Grammar
Grammar Checker
Homonym
Homophones
How to Write a Poem
Lyrics
Love Poem Generator
New Poetic Forms
Plagiarism Checker
Poetics
Poetry Art
Publishing
Random Word Generator
Spell Checker
Store
What is Good Poetry?
Word Counter
Email Poem
Your IP Address: 18.117.165.66
Your Email Address:
Required
Email Address Not Valid.
To Email Address:
Email Address Not Valid.
Required
Subject
Required
Personal Note:
Poem Title:
Poem
There are many tricks to the slave trade the face we wear is one. Cheerful Smiling faces, happy high fives dancing under the sun. Cover the truth as best you can is instructed to every man. To fake-it-til-you-make-it urged throughout ones’ Life span. Look upon the inner being with open eyes of better seeing. Pretend that you are gleeful, full of wealth and care, free of woe. You are far above the clouds and not involved in the ole heave hoe. Do not permit the world to see the truth beneath the hide. Bottle it up and press it down to keep it deep inside. Look upon the inner being with open eyes of better seeing. Ignore the burdens of the chains in life. Dull the senses 'til null the pains of strife. What’s the meaning of this evilness? This is not the path to holy bliss. Look upon the inner being with open eyes of better seeing. Wherefore art thy shameful sin? Tis’ Hidden betwixt the evil grin? Forced Social courtesies to live a lie. Taunting embarrassingly False pride. Look upon the inner being with open eyes of better seeing. Uncontrolled envious jealousy and rage. Solely for a phony life that’s staged. Secret groups, we give our pledge. between us a widely divided wedge Look upon the inner being with open eyes of better seeing. Why is the truth of my state deemed mean? Why the view on reality found only in a dream? Why must You "Permit-me-to-be-honest"? Surely, in this philosophy, I’m not the lonely monist. Look upon the inner being with open eyes of better seeing. ****07/2020
CAPTCHA Preview
Type the characters you see in the picture
Required