A Lie | Teen Ink

A Lie

September 26, 2011
By SerbiaTakesCntrl GOLD, Pompano Beach, Florida
SerbiaTakesCntrl GOLD, Pompano Beach, Florida
11 articles 4 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;There are those who say that life is like a book, with chapters for each event in your life and a limited number of pages to which you can spend your time. But I prefer to think that a book is like a life, particularly a good one, and is well worth staying up all night to finish.&quot;<br /> &mdash; Lemony Snicket (Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can&#039;t Avoid)


A lie.
A lie is an Untruth, not So or Being.
You intently shove a sweet venom of these fiends down my throat
as if jabbing my untrusting mouth with a scalding poker.

It burns, oh it burns, and blisters the flesh of my esophagus,
bleeding and searing the tender flesh.
It tears open and the lies drip down, cascading past the muscles of my throat and collecting around my heart.

There the lies fester.
The larvae of falsities wriggle deep, creating cavities of uncertainty deep within my soul.
So now…
Even the obvious is doubtful.

And I can no longer believe in fairy tales.


Similar Articles

JOIN THE DISCUSSION

This article has 2 comments.


on Oct. 6 2011 at 9:22 am
SerbiaTakesCntrl GOLD, Pompano Beach, Florida
11 articles 4 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;There are those who say that life is like a book, with chapters for each event in your life and a limited number of pages to which you can spend your time. But I prefer to think that a book is like a life, particularly a good one, and is well worth staying up all night to finish.&quot;<br /> &mdash; Lemony Snicket (Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can&#039;t Avoid)

Thanks, I appreciate the feedback.

on Oct. 6 2011 at 6:41 am
MerelyMistaken BRONZE, Oaklyn, New Jersey
3 articles 0 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;What happened to love?, in the first stage. We left that when we wanted more...&quot; -Avi Buffalo

Your poetry forces one to endure cathartic emotion... You don't see that in most.