DISTANT MESSAGE ON AN ANSWERING MACHINE

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Dark Poetry #4

DISTANT MESSAGE ON AN ANSWERING MACHINE

Seeker72
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since 2007-02-24

Posts 387
Oregon USA

0 posted 2007-10-29 11:23 PM

DISTANT MESSAGE ON AN ANSWERING MACHINE
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So silent

So very distant

Your voice I can almost hear

Your anguish

I can always feel

My sorrow I shall always see

My death

It mingles with your voice

It tells me of your day, of the self-indulgence of your life

The uncaring you created to see the sun

To see the life you really believed to be behind the curtain that never was

The veil that concealed your soul

Concealed the horror

The regular person you had become

People in countries lay dying as you cry about your hair color

People in your own country lay dying as the man in front of you is belittled by the voice, telling him how bad he is at making a sandwich

Making a sandwich, as hundreds of people die of thirst

Making a sandwich as hundreds of people die of hunger

In the very same country you despise

Despise for not being as beautiful as you

Despise for never understanding that personal perfection IS the ultimate goal

A voice on an answering machine you become

Never understanding just why

Someone as pretty as you

How could anyone not want to be with you?

So pretty on the outside

So dark within

So sad that you never see the shadows

As they grow around you

So sad you never listen to the voice on the answering machine

Telling just why

You are so shallow

Telling you why no one truly cares for you

As innocence drown

As those that wish for a better life now wish for survival

As you complain about a sandwich

Mystress May
Member

since 2007-10-25

Posts 296
Taunton, MA

1 posted 2007-10-29 11:32 PM

Have you considered a 'hollow' voice to go with the shallow person that is attached to it? Random, I know

Once again, a fabulous observation of life. A seeker of truth. I adore you!

Seeker72
Member

since 2007-02-24

Posts 387
Oregon USA

2 posted 2007-10-29 11:40 PM

Thanks Mystress May

I never really thought about the voices I would add.

You have given me some food for thought.

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