Pedestal

You pushed me up so high
My fingertips touched the sky

You wouldn't bring me back down
To be like those on the ground

I'm not the perfect person you believe
I too know tricks and deceive

No-one's allowed to be so great
It only filled them with hate

An inevitable disaster from the start
Their greedy hands pulled me apart

A sad ending for your Saint
Not one voice raised in complaint

Simply their laughter and their jeers
Yet I had cared all those years

A battered soul filled with grief
Shattered faith and belief

I've fallin.

Reviews

[sithlordjp]

"You pushed me up so high" Right from the start we are faced with a certain ambiguity... Was that push a good, or a bad thing... Love how this one unfolds, layers of doubts leading to that poignant ending... I have to be honest, that was a difficult one to read, not because it's not beautifully written (it is!), but because of the echoes that are found within.

[Rogue]

Thank you, JP. It was difficult to write as well. It is just where my head was at in that moment.

[AWickedMoon]

I am in love with this poem its just the right length for me. It reminds me of a fallen angel. :)

[Rogue]

Thank you. That is very kind of you to say.
Angel? I suppose it depends on who you ask. More of an imp with wings. :)

[AWickedMoon]

haha sorry I've just been reading alot of books about fallen angels XP

[Rogue]

No sorry's. I don't aspire to such loftiness myself. But then we usually see the things that are wrong in us, before we stop and consider the good. In this case it is a (several actually) beautiful souls around me that radiate an unshakeable belief in all that I am and can be. So while this piece radiates tragedy and hurt.. They have once again picked me back up, dusted me off and continued on.. In this, I know how very lucky I am. :)

[AWickedMoon]

:)

[KurKota]

Very descriptive write ! Is this a reflection of your being put up on a unsustainable pedestal ? ....doomed for disappointing someone because the pedestal is too high and unsustainable for any human being ? You do a very nicely in identifying this "trap".... Thank you for it. You always seem to do a very excellent job on what is your motivating theme, I think !

[Rogue]

Thank you. I can not say much about the circumstances as I am just as guilty of doing it to the very same person that does it to me. A never ending loop perhaps..

[Sami Khalil]

I could be wrong but a pedestal is a metaphor for greatness that you strive for and to reach it you resort to tricks and deceptions like the famous bicyclist that fell from grace with his doping charges by using lies now and threats. Now the joke is on us when we fall down from our high place for that pedestal was not built on solid ground.
Another of your good writes and well penned ones.
Also I can take pedestal as the ego that makes us haughty and arrogant...:)

[Rogue]

Thank you . I do so enjoy the thought process that flows through your comments. :)
Ego yes.. But a pedestal is also something someone else can put you on and hold you up for all others to see as perfection. On the one hand you know you are not perfection and yet your ego grows greater in this process. Others can become filled with jealousy, hate and envy that you are placed above them. It does not matter any of the good you may have done while up there. That is lost and buried in the rubble from their wrath.

[Sami Khalil]

You are welcome...:)