Misunderstood by Top Critiquers Poems
#misunderstood
The Misfit So Alone
On a sleepless night I recall on the past
Of old days when I was young in school
Of the friendships we thought would last
And how desperately I wanted to be cool
There was something about the in-crowd
And how popular so many wanted to be
And though we never really said it out loud
Some wished to be like them to a degree
It’s in our nature to be accepted
Even if we didn’t know how to speak
Deep down we want to be respected
Flaws and all makes us each unique
This is for the eccentrics and the misfits
To those...
Of old days when I was young in school
Of the friendships we thought would last
And how desperately I wanted to be cool
There was something about the in-crowd
And how popular so many wanted to be
And though we never really said it out loud
Some wished to be like them to a degree
It’s in our nature to be accepted
Even if we didn’t know how to speak
Deep down we want to be respected
Flaws and all makes us each unique
This is for the eccentrics and the misfits
To those...
#music
#memories
#misunderstood
#FeelingLost
#NaPoWriMo2021
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WHY DO WE PUT OTHERS IN CATEGORIES?
QUESTION:
In frustration,
loneliness, and pain
in his eyes, sitting
slumped in a chair
he asked shyly,
"Why do people
place me in
categories?"
I asked him to tell
me more. He replied,
"I'm sure you're aware of
the popular practice of putting
people in categories such as:
He's black, he's white, he's brown;
he's gay, he's straight, he is bisexual,
he's a sissy, he's a real man;
he's smart, he's ignorant, he's
a liberal, he's a conservative, he's
tall, he's short; he's fat,...
In frustration,
loneliness, and pain
in his eyes, sitting
slumped in a chair
he asked shyly,
"Why do people
place me in
categories?"
I asked him to tell
me more. He replied,
"I'm sure you're aware of
the popular practice of putting
people in categories such as:
He's black, he's white, he's brown;
he's gay, he's straight, he is bisexual,
he's a sissy, he's a real man;
he's smart, he's ignorant, he's
a liberal, he's a conservative, he's
tall, he's short; he's fat,...
#misunderstood
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Blasphemy
Got a subscription to the New Yorker
Thought I could handle it
Having read an article in my dentist's office
While waiting for root canal
Finding out that literature called my bluff
I'm a simple man with expensive lust
That damn magazine is dense in thought
Though skinnier than it used to be
I took the bait
I'm no intellectual
Living on the wrong side of Park Avenue
That mag shows up every Tuesday
They pile up on the end table
Waiting for me to find the courage
I tell my wife I need to rent a...
Thought I could handle it
Having read an article in my dentist's office
While waiting for root canal
Finding out that literature called my bluff
I'm a simple man with expensive lust
That damn magazine is dense in thought
Though skinnier than it used to be
I took the bait
I'm no intellectual
Living on the wrong side of Park Avenue
That mag shows up every Tuesday
They pile up on the end table
Waiting for me to find the courage
I tell my wife I need to rent a...
#misunderstood
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WELL, I'LL BE DAMNED
You have put a curse on me
put a curse on your own self too
and also put a curse on all that
love has put both of us all through
damned by the love that I feel
even though I know it's real
Cursed by your seculant, sweet lips
cursed by your mischievous tricks
cursed me by your tantalizing tongue
cursed by thoughts and dreams among
damned by the love that I feel
even though I know it's real
cursed by forces beyond my control
cursed by the rut, the drop, the hole
these curses often feel so damn good ...
put a curse on your own self too
and also put a curse on all that
love has put both of us all through
damned by the love that I feel
even though I know it's real
Cursed by your seculant, sweet lips
cursed by your mischievous tricks
cursed me by your tantalizing tongue
cursed by thoughts and dreams among
damned by the love that I feel
even though I know it's real
cursed by forces beyond my control
cursed by the rut, the drop, the hole
these curses often feel so damn good ...
#love
#honesty
#misunderstood
#temptation
#bittersweet
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Another Colossus?
Whiles valiantly attempting slumber I heard a broadcast, which I'm certain was the radio, regarding singer Kate Smith. Though long deceased, she is just now finally getting into trouble about singing a racist song or two. I do not sympathize with her since I am convinced that I would have gotten into Dutch right away had I been the culprit singer.
It is noteworthy that there is a now disgraced statue of her that has been removed from it's place of honor and covered up by a cloth. I am all for it. In fact, we should regularly replace all statuary every twenty years or so. (Good for...
It is noteworthy that there is a now disgraced statue of her that has been removed from it's place of honor and covered up by a cloth. I am all for it. In fact, we should regularly replace all statuary every twenty years or so. (Good for...
#politics
#misunderstood
#HumanRights #tradition
#HumanRights #tradition
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Poets, The Innocent Liars
sometimes we have to fake to live
for a nice feedback to receive
thus, our hearts are quite and calm
and yet, we express too much pain
we are liars, the deceiftul writers
wicked crafters, and manipulators
we seek sympathy and others attention
even against our own self-abnegation
but, sincerely we are very bad actors
making color movies from old cliches
outdated scripts and Hitchcock scenarios
to look pitiful in masked low-budget thrillers
the innocent words to outwardly deliver
alas ! die so fast...
for a nice feedback to receive
thus, our hearts are quite and calm
and yet, we express too much pain
we are liars, the deceiftul writers
wicked crafters, and manipulators
we seek sympathy and others attention
even against our own self-abnegation
but, sincerely we are very bad actors
making color movies from old cliches
outdated scripts and Hitchcock scenarios
to look pitiful in masked low-budget thrillers
the innocent words to outwardly deliver
alas ! die so fast...
#rejection
#abuse
#misunderstood
#despair
#emotional
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while I was out
you were out,
i wasn't in.
an ill wind blowing
makes me
sick
haut cuisine and
revenge, dishes
both best
served
cold
snakes have no
arms
but are armed
with fangs
matches burn
out
creativity burns
out
love burns
out
and we are left with the
cold boney arms of
memory to hold us
on a freezing
winter's
night
i wasn't in.
an ill wind blowing
makes me
sick
haut cuisine and
revenge, dishes
both best
served
cold
snakes have no
arms
but are armed
with fangs
matches burn
out
creativity burns
out
love burns
out
and we are left with the
cold boney arms of
memory to hold us
on a freezing
winter's
night
#misunderstood
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Mixed Signals
👍
Tried to make a friend,
Made an enemy instead,
It is what it is.
👎
Tried to make a friend,
Made an enemy instead,
It is what it is.
👎
#forgiveness
#misunderstood
#disappointment
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cave man
(sensory overload)
I'm not fucked up
The world is
I just try to not step
in its shit too much
It may not look like it
but my head is ten feet
by ten feet
And it's usually overcrowded
So I try
to sneeze it out
Cough it out
Shit it out
Anything
I'm always staring out
the entrance of this cave
It takes a lot out of me
just to squeeze both eyes out
of the hole
I pull my hair back
because it gets snagged on buildings
and in crowds
And too much closeness ...
I'm not fucked up
The world is
I just try to not step
in its shit too much
It may not look like it
but my head is ten feet
by ten feet
And it's usually overcrowded
So I try
to sneeze it out
Cough it out
Shit it out
Anything
I'm always staring out
the entrance of this cave
It takes a lot out of me
just to squeeze both eyes out
of the hole
I pull my hair back
because it gets snagged on buildings
and in crowds
And too much closeness ...
#misunderstood
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Fallen Petal
withered now
this petal was
once so soft
brush strokes
gently fade away
drift into
the background
of a painting
hanging crooked
on a wall in an old
abandoned hall
the lady in
the photograph
tells us all
her secrets
woven in words
across canvas and
through time
fleeing her mind
truths written
now spilt
upon divine
tapestries strewn
with illiterate ink
not understanding
the consequences
of...
this petal was
once so soft
brush strokes
gently fade away
drift into
the background
of a painting
hanging crooked
on a wall in an old
abandoned hall
the lady in
the photograph
tells us all
her secrets
woven in words
across canvas and
through time
fleeing her mind
truths written
now spilt
upon divine
tapestries strewn
with illiterate ink
not understanding
the consequences
of...
#secrets
#flowers
#misunderstood
#learning
#bittersweet
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Lover's Embrace
#conflict
#lover
#misunderstood
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Things You Could Do That Would Hurt me More
Rip through my flesh
- anywhere, no need to be picky -
with a medium quality knife
like from one of those red handled sets Target sells.
Pour whatever stings most into the wound;
you'd know better than me.
Sew me back up slowly with a thick, rusty needle,
while some of the worst songs ever recorded are playing
like Bette Davis Eyes
or almost anything by Michael Bolton.
Put together a montage of video clips
of gut-wrenching cruelties,
the abject horrors that crush my soul
-racism, cruelty to animals, bullying-
and...
- anywhere, no need to be picky -
with a medium quality knife
like from one of those red handled sets Target sells.
Pour whatever stings most into the wound;
you'd know better than me.
Sew me back up slowly with a thick, rusty needle,
while some of the worst songs ever recorded are playing
like Bette Davis Eyes
or almost anything by Michael Bolton.
Put together a montage of video clips
of gut-wrenching cruelties,
the abject horrors that crush my soul
-racism, cruelty to animals, bullying-
and...
#forgiveness
#misunderstood
#hurt
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