Lies

20% life, 80% lies.

From top to bottom,
I'm buried alive; inside,
Completely consumed.
On each side I'm tied,
Weighed down by the pain.
A robot on the outside,
Yet being eaten from within,
My stone-cold mask is applied;
Trying to keep it from crumbling.
I sit here wide-eyed,
A body full of lies.

Reviews

[Patricia(:]

Wow!This poem is magnetic! It really speaks to the readers. Bravo my Darling, another amazing piece of work you've created.Congrats! I love how you worded it, very creative. Also the line `i've been lied to from both sides' really speaks in this poem. It also holds great emotion.

"A body full of lies." That just seals it up wonderfully.

[Aven]

Buried alive, eyes wide-open, eaten from within, is there any worse torment? I think not. Lies can really corner us, the more lies we tell, the smaller the way out becomes, until there is nolonger a way out. Very nice portrayal. :)

[TheOther]

I agree with the previous reviews. A wonderful piece with amazing expression and emotion. It gives the reader the feeling of suffocation and despair that lies can cause. Nicely done.

[Matthew Kult]

!00% excellent. Great work, better read.

Well done.

[ScarlettTheDreamer]

Nice. 'A robot on the outside
Yet being eaten from within' loved those lines. The description was as good as the poem itself!