Nicole Hawkins Poet I do not know?

Undefined

Sometimes we set our hopes too high -
believe in love, when loves a lie
wish for dreams too far from reach
Ignore the lessons we try to preach

We jump right in-despite scars from the past
break one more time-knowing it won't be our last
we lose our identities one by one
as we strive to be what we never become

We're not given choices we're told who to be
Before they see character they see what they see
 Were judged for our skin, here, appearance is gold
where the beauty in a face beats the beauty in a soul

Still we're expected to be better than that
believe "sticks n stones" n all that crap
Don't judge the cover-great standards by far
when it's those very vanities that define who we are

If only it mattered
what we learn rarely does
not how our clothes fit
but how our hearts love

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Dr.Ram Mehta March 4, 2011 at 10:47 AM Creative and expressive write on Undefined, Nicole

Sara Kendrick March 4, 2011 at 7:48 AM That last line is so important but sometimes that is not the life that we live..Enjoyed reading your work this morn..Sara

Poet Tacito March 4, 2011 at 7:35 AM Much truth spoken here. I 'd like to see you do a piece that doesn't focus too much on the rhyme scheme. Not that this piece was done poorly at all. This was damn good. But, I sense this potential for something much stronger from you. Very well done!