Familiarity Breeds Contempt

A poetic take on an old saying.

You smile.

Is it real or a front?

Through this wall I can't tell.

Tied together by need than want,

we are coming undone.

You know it too;

I am not the only one

witnessing the beginning of the end.

The signs are not hard to catch:

the frost in your eyes,

and the stiffness of your greeting,

tell the tale of our demise.

Though I do not stand blameless

in this fallout of ours,

grudgingly I confess

the lack of guilt or sorrow.

It seems form this age old law

we are no more exempt

than the teeming populous:

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Reviews

[Stonz P.]

I believe this is true but I have observed people do it subconsciously more often than deliberately; defence mechanism, if maybe but these tendencies develop due to the circumstances and the telly and ad-propaganda going on these days. I wish this phrase did not exist as it is prejudiced and makes a person doubt the others' integrity for baseless reasons.

You have taken a good opinion on the phrase; your rhyme is in place and the flow is good too...
People, indeed are 'tied together by need than want'.
Good write.

[Anuradha Verma]

I haven't really observed people doing so, but I think it's a little bit true as a corollary. People seem more intriguing when you know less about them and by the same logic, sometimes less interesting when you know them inside out.
Ah! You got my rhyme scheme! :D I wrote this after I was told I wander off too much into the free verse land.

[Stonz P.]

Yeah you have the gist of it.
Oh my, whoever restricts you must stop asserting their opinion on you and you write what you feel you should write! You're a different singular person, right?

Anything that restricts the poet's artistic flow stops being poetry... I know what meter and rhyme are but do not want to use it; I hate any poetic rule, except for forms (japanese, italian, etc verses) and not that I do not appreciate good poetry but not everyone can pull it off. Most of my poetry is form or grammar or scheme-free.
Write what you feel...the rest will follow.
Take care.

[rashu]

that's really a nice take i must say,...
u wrote it well ..small but still was affective:)
keep writing:)

[Anuradha Verma]

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it. :)