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False Portrait

For how long should you possess her, mould her into something she's not? can't you see she can't be the god almighty you want to create from her? she can't live up to it anymore, playing the perfect part to impress you feeding your ego! for how long should she nourish her body to the extent of your imaginative extended dreams"? like she was a barbie made of plastic ready to please you! being the contentment of your "erotic surge,erotic desire"! for how long should she not bear her children her own flesh and blood, just to remain your perfect bimbo? faithful to your unlimited expectations! can't you see your selfishness is killing her? sending her away to the unknown without any sense of regret in her heart that may darken her soul! why can't you love her,without transforming her in that and that and more? She's dying like a white autumn flower, everything radiant and glowing within her is fading away! for how long this false portrait? this fake pretence to please you? you are destroying her but she don't have a choice! you made her a queen, but you manipulate her like a king, not leaving her any space to live her dream! she just wanna RUN AWAY to her gutter, be sweet cindirella once again! your jealousy,your power!your eyes like a hawk on her ,following her every step, chaining her freedom with padlocks without keys, stealing her soul,like a pirate at rough seas. you're makin her sail away,leavin the shore, to find new lands,safer lands! for how long should she wear masks of smiles when deep in her heart there's only cries? once so much in love with you, now resentment is the only shadow you can find in the lifeless brown eyes, fed up of being the girl in high heels,slinky skirts, perfect portrait-false portrait! she just wanna be herself once again, dressed up in her blue jeans, running on white sands, feeling its warmth under her silky feet, feeling the wind breeze caressing her face, the waves hugging her, waterdrops fresh on her smooth skin, whilst she plays with dolphins in vast seas, corals,shells and smiling trees. why can't you love her for who she is? her laugh now fading,her heart now dying, she sees you approaching her once again, waiting for demands,there she is again in-False Portrait--once more........ charma

Copyright © | Year Posted 2009




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Date: 10/31/2016 9:43:00 PM
I love poetry where you feel the raw emotions, this is so good Charmaine!
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Date: 3/12/2010 10:03:00 AM
To change who you are would change the reason he fell in love with you... Does he not see that..... Good write my dear Charma......:JP]
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Date: 5/27/2009 2:03:00 PM
Natural stuff lasts longer, in a way, I think jojojojo direct words, a hard blow straight up into the nose, I like this; such honest words and forms of expresion!thanks for sharing!!!=)
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Date: 5/22/2009 3:19:00 PM
I had to read this piece again and reading it the second I have such a different view on the poem..the pain is so much clearer and the disappearance of this woman is so much more evident..the cries from her soul is deafening in the poem..losing herself becoming what this man perceive a woman should be like or act..powerful piece of losing oneself and having no idea how to return to what was.....terrific writing...in my faves.
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Date: 5/18/2009 1:28:00 PM
Beautiful write here! True talent! - jeremiah
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Date: 5/14/2009 6:10:00 PM
Charmaine,..intoxicating,... poignant poetic justice,....need I say more ? awesome write!....james
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Date: 5/14/2009 9:17:00 AM
very supurb write-love and peace:james
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Date: 5/14/2009 8:46:00 AM
Wonderful write I especially enjoyed this line (chaining her freedom with padlocks without keys, stealing her soul,like a pirate at rough seas.) Nice job
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Date: 5/14/2009 8:37:00 AM
Someone who needs some breathing room just to be and do, The demands that people can put on a relationship can dismantle it at the same time. Powerful free verse of poetry Charmaine. A good read of pain and frustration. Thank you for your kind comments on my work, always appreciated.
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Date: 5/14/2009 8:36:00 AM
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Date: 5/14/2009 8:33:00 AM
Plastic Barbie?..strong..line after line delievers a punch of someone who is fustrated with a situation..watching and seeing this woman take apart by someone she loves..her lover trying to mold and transform her into something she isn't..so often I have seen this..people falling love then trying to make that person whom they want them to be..never fully satisfied with the person they fell for in the first place..well done.
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Date: 5/14/2009 8:19:00 AM
Nice poetry.
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