To Know Her

This came from a frustration. The poem and the photo were created by me.

To really know her, you must see

her love of life and mystery.

She sees things in a different way;

not black and white, but shades of gray.

 

Looks to the world with open eyes;

she has no love for braided lies.

A false façade is what she scorns,

(I just thought you should be forewarned).

 

To know her, you must understand,

that should you take her by the hand,

acceptance is all that she seeks;

respect and truth in what you speak.

 

A warm, forgiving soul, you’ll find

in her, embedded deep inside.

If malice one day emanates,

she won’t just turn and walk away.

 

Though you may think she’s merely weak,

she’s learned to turn the other cheek;

‘Tis not some vengeance in her head,

but patience that she’s learned, instead.

 

So often she’s misunderstood,

she hopes that, one day, someone would

see through the surface imagery,

to her true personality.

 

Please, shed those glasses colored rose,

forget all that you think you know.

To really know her, you must see,

the she of whom I speak is me.

Author's Note

Give me whacha got. I'm all ears.

Reviews

[Devons]

A great piece of work and concluded so neatly and gracefully. In fact, the entire poem, I think is lined with grace. It paints an image of a beautiful person, and one can almost see her! Beautiful.

PS. You could surely come up with a good title for this though...?

[Matthew Kult]

Hello Drock,

A very personal piece, but you sound like a wondeful person. On paper, usually its the nice ones that turn out to be psychopaths. Which I applaud. I enjoy the personal pieces because they take courage. You have a wonderful way with words.

Regards,

Matthew

[Crinkle°]

sweet and beautiful!

[Dupree]

This is a good poem. Very well written. One of my favorites of your works. It speaks of something we all deal with, being misunderstood

[Jonathan Brooks]

This is a great poem! It flowed beautifully and I like how you didn't reveal who she was until the last line...it kept me highly interested.

[Michael X]

now thats what i call a rhyme sheme. clever a rolling,ambitious in the way
your words model the emotional context of spoken word in rhyming sequence,
a real craft of interest, i find this poem flowing with the authors talent.
th imagery captured my personally, its dark and mysteriously beautiful

[Cody Wiggins]

Wow it was really great to read i enjoyed it Excellent job.

[just rose.]

What a fantastic job you do with cadence and rhyme in this one. Not only that, the word choices are very fresh. I wonder if you might offset the reader a bit in the comfort zone by making your stanza lengths a bit irregular, rather than quatrains, which can feel too predictable at times when you are describing the splendor and many sides that are you. I almost want it to break for my eye to give me space to breathe in all the essence of your very well-chosen words. Just a thought and extremely well done as it is.

[A.Lee]

This is exquisite. Beautifully written, wonderful flow, perfect word choice. I love the feeling it has. Very strong, yet soft. I wouldn't change a single thing. Without a doubt one of my favorites. 100% from me.