Pretending Game

Emotions secluded me to a closed

Making me a shielded sea clam

Nothing but a front of masked individual

It’s like the pretending game is on

Lies and truth are paddled up like scrambled egg

 

It’s an ocean of sea clams out there

The key to every door is hidden

             deep within the soulful depths of love

it has many layers, would you find it?

       Or it will just end up in the far shallowness

              Of all these scrambled lies and truth

                                In this pretending game

                                              We called life……..

Author's Note

sometimes i think I'm such a selfish person...gotta get it out my system...

Reviews

[Shimmerbliss/CAF]

The clam's shell protects it...when it closes, is that selfish? What is "selfish" anyway?
Is the adult that puts the oxygen mask on first so they can function to protect the baby in their arms selfish? Sometimes, we must protect ourselves to gather strength to go on, to ground, to think and work through things. What others perceive as "selfish" changes with who the other person is.

"The key to every door is hidden
deep within the soulful depths of love
it has many layers..." - beautiful! Perhaps, the key to what is "selfish" and what is in the end thoughtful is found in love. If we never think of self, there would be nothing to offer anyone else.

These are some of the thoughts your poem stirred in me.

I just thought of an interesting quote I read long ago...I think the book was "How I Found Freedom In An Unfree World"...it went something like this...

"When people label you selfish, it is because you are not doing what they selfishly want you to do." I have always found it thought provoking. :)

[Pax]

my Friend Clair... I'm always amuse on how in-depth you understand my poems... so many thanks... and i find your views really great..
"What others perceive as "selfish" changes with who the other person is."
~ your right on the spot here... indeed selfish is just a matter on how this certain individual sees it...because some might see it as selfish and some don't see it that way...
"When people label you selfish, it is because you are not doing what they selfishly want you to do."
~ wow, that quote hit the spot of reality…indeed true… and that’s why I said: It’s an ocean of sea clams out there…I guess like I said before being selfish is an unavoidable human nature, but too much of it is bad…

thank you for having a time to read my work...
its very much appreciated...

[Shimmerbliss/CAF]

I always enjoy the thoughts your work stirs up in me, my friend! :)

Life is chess,
Chess is life,
Life is a game
And you're in it
So play it well,
Play it good
Be my checkmate
Forever more
Until we meet
On those Asian Shore(s)

So true Pax...
Be prepared,
Be yourself,
Always like your profile pic
And as mine,
And we should be really fine.

Love to you my friend,
Such a wonderful write.
Full of truth!
Thanks, E.L.

[Lover Of Words]

Sometimes being selfish makes us feel better but it doesnt mean we are great write

[Pax]

thank you again kelsey...yes we do sometimes...

[Marie]

We are all selfish because we need to be...because life could not be lived in these scambled lies and truth otherwise...

[Pax]

maybe because i feel like I'm truthful as much as a lier(pretending to be in good shape(emotionally)) well I'm just broken as anyone else here... that's why i try to be in the light of all things hard to be strong... and i believed your right, being selfish is needed, for me its just a protection from this harsh reality at times... but i don't want it to be over the edge..that is why i blend the truth and lies at times...

[Zoelouise]

I enjoyed reading this, especially liked the end verses
'Of all these scrambled lies and truth
In this pretending game
We called life....'

[Pax]

thank you, your review means so much...

[Sami Khalil]

A amazing write dear Mr. Pax. You come up with brilliant ones.
I like the most :
The key to everything is hidden
deep within the soulful depths of love.
Wise words and I like the image of sea clam.

[Pax]

thank you so much mr. Sami...
i was worried this is too much or I'm getting rusty on my poems...
I gonna focus more...for i want to be better not getting worst as i felt right now...
thanks again...it's very much appreciated

[Sami Khalil]

You are getting better and writing more unique ones. You are welcome.