Fake

Written by my good friend Gabriel Maddox. He asked me to put this up because he wanted to know what people thought of it. This is one of the few poems he's ever written. He did the drawing too.

Behind this mask, is a cracking face,
Beyond this soul is an empty place,
Within my heart is a barren waste,
And on these lips is a bitter taste,
Around me everything has changed,  
All my memories have rearranged,  
Can't tell the past from the day I'm in,
No longer know between saint and sin,
These scars don't lie, but they can't speak,
Fortunate for me the can't repeat,
That scene, that fight, I had to face,
That haunts me still up to this day,
The past was real, but I am synthetic,
My words and feelings are weak, pathetic,
Let live, let die, this horrible beast,
Chain him up, put him to sleep

Reviews

[I Am Svetlana]

Truly beautiful :) My favorite line was: "These scars don't lie, but they cant speak." I can't express how true that is...just knowing the deadliest demons are inside ourselves. Killing us slowly from the inside. They deserve to be put down or destroyed because through time, on the path they are on, we won't live much longer.

[Dorian Gray]

I really enjoyed your writing. Your methods to convey your feelings are very in touch with what you write. I really enjoyed this.