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Open Poetry #6

16 mm. Star

Effigy
Member

since 2000-04-11

Posts 486
disbelief

0 posted 2000-04-12 02:18 PM

I wish life was just like the movies.
I wish reality was in black and white.
If it was I wouldn’t have to deal with these,
feelings that aren’t always right.
Life is too damn complicated.
Simplicity seems so, so far.
And as the black and white reality is faded,
the more I wish to be an old film star.
Do you remember when bad guys wore black,
and the good guys were truly good?
Now that I’m older and looking back,
I see life doesn’t go as the movies would.
Now, I wish I could have read
the plot before I took on this role,
then I might have been ahead.
I might have still owned my soul.
But, sometimes the lens gets smeared,
changing reality from what it had been,
and then just as the audience feared,
sometimes the good guys don’t win.

Miss Abagail Mannering
Member

since 1999-09-01

Posts 136
byron, il

1 posted 2000-04-12 05:23 PM

I REALLLLLLY liked this one...I LOVE old movies!!! when the good guy ALWAYS got the girl, and the bad guys ALWAYS had to pay!

"Ya have to kiss a lot of frogs before you meet your prince... just watch out for all the pond scum!!!"

hsystems
Member

since 2000-03-28

Posts 319
Murray, UT, USA

2 posted 2000-04-12 05:39 PM

Effigy -
WOW! What a great poem - and so incredibly true!
The "good guys" don't always win, it seems -
But, once in awhile, they do!"

I hope everything works out okay for you!
Oh, BTW, welcome to Passions!

Troy

Beautiful, Thought-Provoking Poetry
http://www.h-systems.net/p1.htm

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