Monsters In the Room

Monsters in the Room

I’m looking in the mirror

what do I truly see?

Prototypes and models,

of different persons

living inside of me.

 

I want to rid my mind

of the trauma in my soul.

Things and differences

preventing me

from ever being whole.

 

A lifetime as a slave,

indoctrinating my brain.

Fear and deception,

given magnitude

and too much fame.

 

Watching others in society

routinely playing the game.

People watching is tragic

as it magnifies

the retrospective blame.

 

Why cannot man appreciate,

a woman, a child, the person.

Instead of skin, religion and race

or the true value of

humanity by its name.

 

We live as a society

with monsters in the room.

Often the only remedy

is a total reset

with the strike

of a broom.


Copyright Elle Smith 2017

Copyright © | Year Posted 2017



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Date: 12/30/2017 7:17:00 PM
I like it...Very good...Enjoyed your poem...You're totally right...A reset is what we need...All the best Elle
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Elle Smith
Date: 12/30/2017 10:20:00 PM
Thanks very much, Michael!
Date: 12/28/2017 12:13:00 PM
I loathe society. I loathe the emphasis on skin and gender as both simply fall away at death and are not the eternal part of any of us. I agree with you, can you tell? I enjoyed reading this. Hide at home, we must! (laughing, but serious) All the best ... CayCay
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Date: 12/28/2017 12:27:00 PM
CayCay............it is so disappointing that humanity has not advanced on this level, as the world would be in a much better place now. Elle
Date: 12/28/2017 10:37:00 AM
Well written Elle..
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Elle Smith
Date: 12/28/2017 11:35:00 AM
Thanks again for the kind comment! :)
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