SMOKES And MIRRORS



Smokes And MIRRORS

 I never knew how much I deluded myself, Living in this dream felt surreal,
It was normal to shelf myself Into broken shards of comparted memories.
 Your lies held baby wisps of smoke,
So easy that in its steps,
It stealthily unfurled around me,
 Luring me with your lullabies,
And chaining me to it.
 I do wish that this gift from you to me,
Holds a strong memory between us but,
Yet enough to Rip apart what we had, So,smokes and mirrors ,
 VSmokes and mirrors ,
 These are the last words to my last breath.

About this poem

Dedicated to one i used to dream of not knowing I'm only bringing hurt to my dead heart.

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Written on December 20, 2022

Submitted by mutandironnie534 on February 15, 2023

Modified on April 07, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme A XXXXBXXBXAAX
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 537
Words 110
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 1, 12

Ronald Tanyaradzwa Mutandi

Born in Murombedzi Zvimba, Zimbabwe, grow up in the hopes of a better future for him. With both a mother and father, father that loved to write, it was inevitable that he would share the same passion as him. As the years went by and he grew to love his passion for the creative arts through writing. It was only when he faced the rage of death in 2013 (when he was only 13), that he truly realized his passion for writing. This is when his journey began through starting his novel "too weak for this world" with poetry finally becoming a new obsession. Poetry became a new way to express himself in the shortest but most powerful way. And it was only the beginning. He found that his poetry was helping him deal with the reality of pain, the blindsides of truth, helping him in his own self-discovery and dealing with the realizations that any young boy or man may experience in different times of their life while inspiring to find themselves throughout their journey. He hopes to inspire others to know that they matter! “I've loved, and lost; and learnt so many things through the years. I find my inspiration from my experiences in life, and most often from silent places. From places that are unknown to the eye, and are often untold to the world.” - Ronald Tanyaradzwa Mutandi (Ronnie Tanya @The Lonely Writer) more…

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