we are but puppets

we are but puppets
strings attached to our backs
we dance we walk we talk
like a puppet
controlled by the marionette
life is only the show
we live for applause
we live for acceptance
we are but puppets on a string
performing a everlasting show
until the strings brake
off we fall from the stage
the audience look as our strings shrink
our wooden eyes close and
a tear
        a tear - what seems -
like             a tear
drop down my face....

Author's Note

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Reviews

[penless writer]

Just excellent. I like the style, thought process and everything in this little poem.

[Bluefire]

Wow! it's mysterious and creepy. I like it!

[J.V. Stanley]

Delightfully creepy and insightful (puppets are creepy as all get out). Kind has a feel of conformity about it, our need of acceptance and we allow ourselves to lose ourselves trying in vain to attain that. We are mere puppets of our own making for some times we allow the circumstances we are in to control us rather than the other way around. Lovely work here.

[Bridgette's Ink]

Holy cow!!!! I was going to write about puppets the other day, get out of my mind please haha jk :) I really REALLY like it. My favorites have a new member. :)

[WritersSoul]

OOooooh this is cool :)
I like the last bit, seems surreal for a puppet to cry but we are mere people, so everyone cries :)
Beth :3

[Megan]

i really like the ending.... a puppet- wooden and artificial-yet as soon as the string breaks, there is a tear, something so emotional and so...real...

[((Teenage_Poet_Loser))]

i just struggle to get the ideas flowing =]

[Maryum Mazhar]

This sounds so much different from your other poetry.
this one is my favorite. do more like it!

[Light and ashes]

Love it, it is true that often we seem to exist for the praise and acceptance. We do take comfort in other's acceptance of us. It is this support that makes it a bit easier for us to carry on. The ending is great when the strings are clipped we fall our vonerable is exposed more visably, great poem.

[hmm]

love the last 5 lines, reads between a Stephen King write and Poe.
Excellent descriptions and amazing write.