Pretty Words

Pretty words, probably lies. This sounds very angsty.

If a poem is not inspired by some truth,

Something genuine and powerful,

Then it is no poem at all.

And it will do nothing more

Then dissolve into fallen rain like dust,

And wash away, insignificant, but beautiful

Then tell me why-

Every word that graced your lips

Seemed like the truth

But was nothing more than an intoxicating, thoughtless lie.

Is that real poetry?

Cursive laced with passion and poison,

Exaggeration, cloaked in truth, cloaked in beauty?

Are you heartless,

Or the greatest poet that I ever knew?

Author's Note

I felt bad not updating, so here's this until I kind find some sort of inspiration. Ruthless, ruthless writers block.

Reviews

[Coyote Poetry]

This is poetry my friend. The twist of words made the reader think. Thank you Arriam for sharing the amazing poetry.
Coyote

[Arriam]

I'm glad to make people think, it's a thing they should do more often. Thank you very much for your feedback and your kindness!
Arriam

[Coyote Poetry]

You are Arriam.

[LazerRays]

Ayyyy!!! I'm glad you made this into a poem! I was hoping you would. When you said that in a review I was like, "there's a great poem right there" I agree with this completely. You can't just throw words that don't mean anything and call it a poem. It has to have FEELING! some spirit in it that moves peoples emotions! If not, like you said, it's just meaningless words putting on a mask. Pretty words. They may be pretty on the outside; but the beauty doesn't run deep.

[Arriam]

That's exactly what I thought! Thank you so much for leaving a review, Sarah!
-Arriam