True

True, my mind is distorted, untruths have been reported incapable of instruction they're bent on my destruction, protection of innocent my aim, proof that I am truly sane, true my body can malfunction, dying is their assumption, True, I find myself in a bad place, they say I'm the wrong race, birth was not my decision, I choose and believe in my religion, alone with my thoughts, knowing their planning an onslaught, true my words of depression were expressed, no submission, True, I find it hard, impossible, perhaps I am irresponsible questioning acts of persecution against our competition, But how can we change people's lives, attitudes rearrange true we must use deception, to gain people's affection. Composed 12th May 2017. Contest introspective the deep inside you stuff. Sponsored by Lewis Raynes.

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Heidi Sands

Date: 5/30/2017 5:40:00 PM

Very well done with this one Roy ! :)

Roy Pett
Date: 5/30/2017 6:02:00 PM

Thank you very much Heidi for your very kind comment much appreciated. :))

Jan Allison

Date: 5/20/2017 5:23:00 PM

gosh Roy you sure dug deep with this wonderful quatrain and I love the internal rhyme you did - I find it quite a challenge to write a normal poem of this form!:-) hugs jan xx

Roy Pett
Date: 5/21/2017 3:53:00 AM

Thank you very much for your very kind comment Jan, I read the majority of your recent poems and I am sure you wouldn't have any difficulty in producing a poem in any form, you have been a big influence and inspiration due to your ability and creativity, thanks again for your support and encouragement. Roy. :))

Darren White

Date: 5/15/2017 1:31:00 AM

Wow Roy, this is not simply a quatrain. Your internal rhyme runs all through your poem too, and that's quite the accomplshment, I am awed. This is an honest and painful picture you paint here. Good luck in the contest.

Roy Pett
Date: 5/15/2017 2:30:00 AM

Thank you very much Darren, I thought the internal rhyme would make it more interesting, so pleased you liked it and thanks again for your support and encouragement much appreciated. :))

Elizabeth Kinch

Date: 5/13/2017 10:37:00 PM

Wow..... great write Roy.

Roy Pett
Date: 5/14/2017 6:04:00 AM

Thank you so much for your very kind comment Elizabeth, so pleased you liked this and hope Lewis likes it, thanks again for your support and encouragement, :)

Daniel Turner

Date: 5/13/2017 10:06:00 AM

"Oh, what a tangled web we weave, when we practice to deceive." Nicely penned, Roy:)

Roy Pett
Date: 5/13/2017 11:42:00 AM

Thank you very much for your very kind comment Daniel really appreciated, your so right. :)