The Antiphrastic Definition

 

She believed herself

To be a latitudinarian,

Accepting and tolerant

Of all the views that

Any could present to her,

And she wanted everyone

To be such,

Yet she did not

Imagine the irony –

That by wanting everyone

To be just like her,

She was not as tolerant

As she believed herself to be.

 

He claimed to see

The beauty in everything

From the fading of the leaves

To the brightness of the sunset

To the color coming to her cheeks,

And he wanted everyone

To see this too,

Yet he did not

See the satire –

That by forcing the world

To see just as he did,

He took the beauty away

From individuality and independence.

 

They declared themselves

To be different than everyone else,

For they thought in strange ways

And walked down the road

Without a hand to hold,

And they wanted everyone

To do this too,

Yet they did not

Perceive the paradox –

That by trying to be different

Just like everyone else,

They became the same, boring

Clones of each other.

Author's Note

Should I rearrange the stanzas?

Reviews

[Mariah]

I like the stanzas as they are, of course, that's just me. Some really food imagery in here, I think.

"He claimed to see
The beauty in everything
From the fading of the leaves
To the brightness of the sunset
To the color coming to her cheeks,
And he wanted everyone
To see this too,"

This is my favorite part. I'm putting this in my library.

[Mariah]

Haha- I mean, good. Not food. Sorry.

XD

[Andromeda]

no, change nothing! kim loves it!