The Faces We See
The victim, the villain, the one in a million.
The friend, the foe, the one you were hoping to know.
The misunderstood, the ones that never knew they could.
The silent cries, the truth behind their eyes
A different role for every eye, shaped by truths or twisted lies.
The savior, the heel, what you see is what you will, never knowing what's really real.
Point blank, a melodic mingle of lust and limbo, gone with the wind, nothing left to portray. Confusion cleared up; true colors now on display; an affair to remember, or Jezebel; who's to ever know? Doubted from the beginning, never given a second chance, resurrection not an option, false hope found, washed up on the shores of longing.
The silver lining, blackened by waves of despair; facade crashing down with high tides and violent winds, dragged back to sea, where the story ends, lost in the currents, where fate rescinds.
What if the faces we saw were never real?
About this poem
How do we know that what we see is truly what is there? Socrates: "The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."
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Written on February 11, 2025
Submitted by sharona.reeves81 on February 11, 2025
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| Characters | 933 |
| Words | 175 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 2, 1, 1, 1 |
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