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rhia_5779
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since 2006-06-09
Posts 1334
California

0 posted 2006-08-12 04:39 AM


i look at the figurines on the shelf
so tiny so full of beauty
makes me think, i can't help
but wonder,are we really puppets on a string

sure seems just on random
Fate tosses us around like toys
picking up what we hate throwing in our face
dropping us in nowhere empty of all grace and poise

Life hardly cares what we wish,want or need
content to confuse,mishandle and neglect
Destiny fails to notice when our hearts begin to bleed
uprooting lives,ripping us up so we can start over

Sometimes the way the wind blows
has me thinkin' we're just pawns of life
in the future we are so small,yet we can create marvels
our Fates control,who we are all our lives

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stargal
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since 2006-03-06
Posts 1352
OR USA
1 posted 2006-08-13 06:51 PM


Hi Rhia,

Please stay with me while I spout my annoying ideas for a few minutes (run!), it shan't take to long... (I think) lol

The first stanza has the lines “makes me think, I can’t help but wonder, are we really puppets on a string”, I love the idea of us being puppets on a string, it has always been a favorite metaphor for me. Yet I think that putting “makes me think, I can’t help but wonder”, both of those are kind of “thinking” words, so I’m not really sure I like “think and wonder” right next to each other like this, no offence. This could just be me…

Also, if you read back you can see that some of the lines are a little confusing. Some of the lines just need another word or a word removed. Yet, others of the lines just need a comma or something. You might want to correct that, I know it's just a small thing but... Well, really it's up to you.

Overall I loved the idea of this poem. I like the comparisons of us to toys, pawns. I thought it was a wonderful idea to compare people to pawns...
This is actually one of my favorite poems by you because of the pawns thing, yes, I'm a stupid chess idiot, but okay... lol

Thanks for sharing Rhia! It was awesome to be able to read one of your poems again

"I pray thee, O God, that I
may be beautiful within."
–Socrates
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