THE BOOK’S PAGES

Try to see through the fog

You can tell it from his pose, that he comes from a lot of money,

            You can’t tell from his plastic smile, that he feels like he’s nothing.

 

She’s most popular in her class, plus she’s valedictorian on her transcripts,

            People think she’s got it all; unaware her parents are redundant addicts.

 

The ruthless thug who mugged you last month, took your valuables apologizing,

            Looks like a hardened criminal in the line up; he just had to feed his starving family.

 

The celebrity on reality television- talkative and outgoing- a real entertainer,

            Fans assume she has it easy; clueless she still fights her childhood stutter.

 

The meticulous Nobel Prize Laureate, who gives all his cures for free,

            “He’s such an insufferable show-off”; he watched his brother die, all because of a silly fee.

 

A filthy woman at the volunteer programme your Probation forces you to attend,

            You wish she’d stop touching you; she’s got the rare blood your failing heart needs to mend.

 

Who else have you labeled; is your mind stuck in worldly cages?

            Take a second look around you; forget the cover- turn forward to The Book’s Pages.

                    

                                  -M.Babu-

            

Author's Note

Self explanatory

Reviews

[Tate Morgan]

Oh wonderful idea well put Misconception preconception we all are guilty of failing the test that says it is who you look like not who you are.But in the end it is the memories left in others lives touched by you.You will offend way more than you befriend in this life because of the human nature.But try to forgive them they are like you

[Nastia]

I luv!!!

[Arabdha]

"don't judge a book by its cover"...this is what your poem cries out loud..absolutely beautiful write..and a powerful satire against how we tend to label things..and at the end they turn out to be paradoxically different.

[SINDE]

I've 'turned forward to the book pages' and labeled you a killer Mwach. You got really harsh lines...keep up...

[Alvin L. Kathembe]

"Who else have you labeled; is your mind stuck in worldly cages?
Take a second look around you; forget the cover- turn forward to The Book’s Pages."
ive released a monster!your poetry keeps getting better and better....good subject matter, well brought out, i am fearful for my life (or rather my fanbase :)
keep writing bro!!!