The Art of Concealment

Veiled windows, locked doors,

Memories turned rock-cold,

Granite galleries of my own,

Deeper dungeons in my soul.

 

Loathe me not, for this stoic fort,

Curse me not, for this farewell note,

This to myself that I’ve taught,

O’er the years I’ve failed and fought.

 

To un-feel, forever conceal,

Curb sentiment beneath a seal,

Not to wait for time to heal,

Nor bleed on the battle field.

Author's Note

I was inspired by Frozen

Reviews

[Coyote Poetry]

I had bad luck with women. They were in bad places and liked the place they were in.
"Not to wait for time to heal,
Nor bleed on the battle field. "
It is sad when we fall down and give in to sadness and loss. Thank you for sharing the excellent poetry.
Coyote

[Destiny Dreamer]

WOW WOW WOW!!! Amazing .... I surely has inspired You! You have just described everything BEAUTIFULLY!!!

[Robert]

This was very nice and had a good flow to it.

[fattycbreezy52]

Everything sounds like a frozen state.It's not just physical but mentally a frozen state of mind as well.When you are just numb,numb enough to over-think.So i guess you just "think".This is just marvellous.

[Pushkar Prabhat]

the snow castle is beautiful...........enjoyable.........a must have......
but dungeons are dungeons..........not even a story has till now been able to justify them.......
that is where the fist crack appears......crumbling comes all things soul or castle........
amazing writing............
i loved it!!!
:)

[Isabel25]

Thank you so much for stopping by and reviewing so wonderfully Pushkar :)

[Pushkar Prabhat]

you are welcome...............!!! :) :)

[sereenaoutloud]

This is a little sad. SO much pain to lock your heart away and to conceal it and to not feel! Numbing out the pain and not feeling can mean numbing out the good too! :) Such great flow to this . fantastic piece again! :))

[Isabel25]

Thank u so much Sereena, always a joy to see u here :D

[sereenaoutloud]

you too Annie and you are more than welcome i enjoy your writes!!

[~]

Ah yes, another snow queen on WC :) I really like it. A true concealment.
I can picture you singing the tune with your words.
You've played really well on the rhyme! well done!

[Isabel25]

Finally someone who has seen Frozen :) Thank you for that wonderful review Moon :)

[~]

ohhh... of course... you both finish well each other sandwiches ;);)

[Misery]

You may have been inspired by Frozen, but you describe so much of my existence in this precious poem.

[Isabel25]

I am very glad that you can understand ad relate to this poem Misery :)

[SuspectGray]

We conceal and put on a brave face for others but we need to remember to feel.....for ourselves

[Isabel25]

I will keep that in mind. Thank you for stopping by :)

[R Smith]

Nice inspiration Annie, a wonderful poem, good rhymes and flow, an introspective write, i can feel your pain and passion from the words, i'd like this in my library if that's ok with you, bleed no longer on that battle field your have a future in writing and are very creative, bravo :)

[Isabel25]

I am honoured Richard. Thank u for your kind words and the add to the library :)