Look It Up

The abrasion of your audacity scrapes and tears
My insides bleed in awe
Like sun charred flesh on an old oak tree
You've rubbed my empathy raw
My understanding of your abhorrent ways is truant
I detest the callousness you display
The decree of my good sense is partial to your absence
I oppose the exposure of your ways
I will not represent you as a friend
If I cannot defend you with conviction
My eye sees not your eye
Thus our perspectives face affliction
My candid discourse may leave you to glower
But  firmly I still stand
Lucid acuity is my blessing
Respect is my demand
...Look it up

Reviews

[The Rock And Roll Cowbo..]

We can only take so much and if someone is not supporting us it is hard to be supportive to them... as they say you need to give respect to get respect.

Like sun charred flesh on an old oak tree
You've rubbed my empathy raw

I really love those lines.

[Leigh]

Yes I agree we all need to be respected no matter what the dynamics of the relationship

[jinxxnij]

I love the last line because I'm certain people will have to look up the words you used. lol Awesome.

[gombeggar]

good expression

[Baby Ricochet]

You tell em

[Astro]

There are some great lines here to express your disdain for this person/place/thing. I really like, "You've rubbed my empathy raw". Great assertiveness in your voice. Powerful.

[Simon Welsh]

Some people are a******s; plain and simple. I love how this is written.

[Elle Thompson]

I feel like the tagline at the end is unnecessary. Otherwise, it's cute.

[ChemicalMadness]

Stumbled across this by chance...I owe chance a debt of gratitude. Not so much written as spoken... Your words leap off the page, creating voices of their own. Such truth in these lines. I will not represent you as a friend...that couplet could stand alone, but instead it slyly hides, conducting what you've orchestrated. Sun charred flesh of and old oak tree? Brilliant.

Great piece

[Mary Christabel George]

Keely... You are just an amazing writer.

[kublakhan27]

Wow, incredible intensity in these words...the first line sets the table perfectly for everything that follows...fine work Keely :)