Acting

Acting

by Ahmad Cox

I feel like sometimes we are very good at acting

Very good at putting on a show

When we are really feeling something else inside

We teach ourselves

That certain feelings

Certain things are unnacceptable

We are supposed to be civil

We are supposed to put on a good face

We are supposed to hide the negative feelings

The dark feelings that well up inside of us

If we don't accept ourselves for who we are 

For better or for worst

We will keep acting

Keep playing the part that everyone else has for us

Afraid to stop acting

And to live our own lives

And to keep us from truly expressing

The uniqueness that everyone has inside

Reviews

[Barbara Walker]

This is so true! The different roles we play, the different masks we wear, trying to be accepted everywhere by everyone, based on what we think others want us to be. How truly exhausting that can be! Better to be loved by less people for who we truly are!

[Ahmad Cox]

Yep. I have had to learn this lesson myself.

[Victoria PoetryBunny]

"All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players: they have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts, his acts being seven ages." William Shakespeare

The world is just like a stage, and so much acting is around it. We are like actors even if we do not call ourselves actors like the ones in movies and such. I like this write, it does speak truth on how people put on a show with emotions and etc. Very nice.

[Ahmad Cox]

Thank you. I really appreciate all of the reviews that you did make on a lot of my poems.

[Bound In Red]

I think this expresses everyone. They act how everyone else wants them too and just die on the inside from not being their true selves.

[Ahmad Cox]

Yep. We must be able to look past our preconceived ideas of how people want us to be and truly see who we are supposed to be.

[Felicity's Eve]

I've always had a hard time expressing my true emotions. I'm still waiting for the right person to break down my walls.

Another incredible poem by you. I love how relatable they are! :)

[Ahmad Cox]

No problem. I know that if in some ways my poetry helps you to break down those walls and show who you really are than I hope that they can do that for you.

[Felicity's Eve]

Thanks. :)

[william keepers]

Shadows dissappear when the light is shone upon them, without exception! Those who know this know the truth.

[Frieda P]

I love the message here, my all time favorite quote is from Shakespeare, which someone wrote in my high school yearbook...

'To thine own self be true.'

Kudos, nicely done.

[}Echo{]

Wonderful poem with a lot of feeling and meaning. Great write. :)

[Gray Witch]

Yes indeed we all wear a facade... but in part it is protection and slips when we get to know people more intimately ...

[Ahmad Cox]

Very true

[Sugar Plum ♥]

another wonderful poem with philosophical concepts in it! It s connecting with my thoughts about "human nature' and acting in the same time. We are used to live behind the mask, so we simply can`t see someones real face :) we accept that everyone would wear the mask, as we do...
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12.08 pm
23.12.12

[Ahmad Cox]

Yep you remove the mask you are left with the true you behind it but you have to face yourself honestly for everything that you are positive or negative to be truly honest with others as well.