copyright Chris Smith 2010
The Real You
You pretend to be someone else
Hiding behind so many masks
Giving smiles to hide the tears
Never revealing your true self
For then they would see the pain
You are the life and soul of the party
Entertaining and making them laugh
But deep inside, you are screaming
Not allowing your soul to escape
Keeping it locked away, a prisoner
Then you write your poetry, your words
And hide yourself within the stanzas
Each flow are your tears falling down
Each sentence is grafted with agony
Could they look between your words?
You feel no one really understands you
All you want is to taste the sweetness
To sample the delightness of real love
And not have to pretend anymore
Why can not the heart stop aching?
Do you not see the real you deep down?
The beautiful person that you really are
The one your readers come to cherish
And always they keep coming back for more
You are never alone for you are blessed
So write on and continue to flourish inside
Be strong and never hide from who you are
If some can not accept you, well damn them
For there are those who see your true face
They are the ones who stand by the real you
You prove to be a true friend, not afraid to tell the truth and share the suffering.
Very nice, very true, very insightful. Thank you!
What a great tribute to the " unknown poet". Chris, every time that I post a poem and find great poets and friends posting valuable comments about it, I see them as the mirror in front of me! I no longer see a distorted image of myself! I feel great and keep going on thanks to all those uplifting feedback! Thank you for your great honest comment, my friend, always writing from the bottom of my heart, Love and Peace,....
written in honor of the poetic spirit we share - your poem the perfect gift for freaks here on PF =) I heartily agree with your sentiments here... as one who writes only from my own experience & all my poems are true stories- yikes!
very n nice ans sweet. every word reflects the true love and beauty of your friend's soul. a nice tribute to a friend.
You portray a gentle soul and a true friend can see inside his words for they are from his soul.....energy abounds in this write...regards
it's really magic how the poem avolves to something beautiful and positiv, it's a rare gift to control the flow of inspiration. Glad to be with your poetry again :):):)
Kind of a dedicational to"An Unknmown Poet"...and once again, as i have said so many times ,in commenting on your quality verse...I am duely impressed, Chris...The principal element that seperates the mediocre, average Poet from the Full-ranged quality Scribe....comes down to diversity, an invaluable artistic diamond in the rough that enables a Poet or Writer to reach multi audiences, on myriad themes and literary styles. This 1 trait (imo) supersedes all, and it's one you possess and have harnessed upon your work,quite well.....FjR
reminds me of someone i've known since birth~ awesome write
Thank you Yelena, haven't been here for a long time (popped back yesterday). Decided to share poems not seen here and am blessed to see many friends here ; )
Chris, one of my favourite of yours. Thanks for sharing it here:)
A very thoughtful verse...looking on the inside... Dorothy A Poet Who Loves To Sing