All Eyes Lie

[EyesLie]

I've read so much incredible writing on this board...so I've decided to take the plunge and give back a little. It's a small offering in the face of the genius I've encountered, but I'm shy and it's one of the few bits of writing I'm comfortable w/posting. This is a poem I wrote a little more than two years ago when I was in a much darker place emotionally, so it's a bit depressive. It's where my name came from actually. So here goes.



eyes





~All Eyes Lie~



Your gaze sweeps over a lifeless face void of all feeling.



Eyes. Dark, harsh, uninvitingly locked against you.



Glazed, reflecting only what you inflict on them.



Mouth. Tight, hard, set, unmoving.



With no opinion there is no caring.



Just wasted space.



Wasted energy on darkened eyes that hold no meaning.



Wasted time on a dead face that shows no emotion.



Empty mouth



Empty ears



Empty mind



Empty eyes



But all Eyes lie.



Look beyond the glaze of their mirror.



Deep beneath the surface...



to a still beating heart within its corpse.



Behind their empty reflection, an entire universe.



A hurricane raging in silent pain.



Under the sterile, empty facade...



turbulence, a quiet storm.



Silent screams.



Silent pleas.



Hands clawing the air.



Tearing at emptiness, looking for a way out.



Searching for a light in the eternal darkness.



Reaching...Reaching.



Almost touching,



then plunging back to darkness.



A shattered scream that no one hears.



Smothered in deafening silence.



Secrecy.



Raging Quiet.



Unheard.



Missunderstood.



Forgotten.



Locked up tight behind eyes forever dark.



Glazed and lifeless without a single ray of escaped emotion.



Empty eyes.



But.....



All Eyes Lie.

"Words are sweet whisperings. Sentences are foreplay. Paragraphs are incarnations of carnal desires and fiction is the grand climax." ~ Sway Slayer

[SJ]

Great poem,thanks for sharing

[Wired vixen]

That was amazing poetry! More soon i hope?!



Stace xXx

"Um...dont mean to ruin the sexcapades...but we need the chips out there. Xanders being a chip whore." -She's my always by spikeizmine87

[Renee85]

I love this poem very much, it's gloomy and dark but also very powerful and it's definitely one of the best poems I've read so far (though I'm a fan of everyone's work here because they're all so different yet all so great, hehe) but your poem is surely at the top of my list. If you have more I’d love to read them. Thanks for posting this!

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"For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul." -Judy Garland

"Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever." -Mahatma Gandhi

[WickedReds]

Mmm... I liked that...alot

I love the gloomy, broody stuff...

Hope to read more..



-reds



Mein Banane tanzen für Schmutz

Smutbunny Anthem: *sung to tune from Goldfinger* Smutbunnies...they'e the bunnies, the bunnies that love the smut...and Willow's butt. They surf for smut fiction...always lookin' for the next naked sweaty fix...of Tara's tits.- Written By Cameron(tarawhipped) For Us Smut Bunnies

[Viximon]

it's a little sad but I like it very much. Good work

[angel of salvation]

Wow this is a great poem, glad you shared t. Hope you write moe soon!



Jess xxx

'You're my angel of salvation, and hope, and strength...your my multi-angel'-Jay (My baby)

.:~*My anime site*~:.

[onyxsundrops]

Strange that I've never read this thread. Great poem, I'm a big fan of dark, gloomy poetry. I might have to post some of my own. Thanks for posting.



Yvonne

[wolfwynd]

wow... fantastic! Hope to read more soon?!

"Love and hate... the only two emotions one does with complete and utter abandon... both consue fully..." - me

[barnabasvamp]

Well done, and with such emotion. Glad you decided to share.

Look forward to more.



BV

It's the passion in a kiss that gives to it its sweetness; it is the affection in a kiss that sanctifies it.

[EyesLie]

Thank you guys. Your feedback made my first time posting jitters disappear...almost. I'm just shy like that, it makes me nervous to post my stuff out and actually let people read it. I love it that you all took the time to let me know what you think though. I know I for one don't always let people know how much I like what I'm reading much as I should, so that means a lot to me. So, individually:



SJ:Awww... Well thanx for reading hun!

Wired Vixen:Amazing? Thank you and, yes more soon, Stace. Promise. Oh, and gotta love your sig. Must go find and read that story now.

Renee85:You're right, the kittens are such great writers, I'm a fan of so many people here (don't even get me started). And thanx, dark and gloomy is exactly what I was going for, glad it worked for you. One more poem is on the way, soonish.

WickedReds: Heh-heh, I got a yummy noise! Thanx! And since I love the gloomy, broody stuff too, I've got another coming. Also, because I'm nosy like that I have to ask, am I making a gross misinterpretation, or does your sig say your banana dances for smut?

Viximon:Yeah, sorry 'bout that. Sad was kinda the mood I was in. I've tried writing happy joyful stuff, but it never works out. *shrugs* It seems my muse is more of a dark depressive chick, because that is what I'm most often inspired to write. Glad you liked it anyway.

angel of salvation:Thank you Jess. One more soon.

onyxsundrops:Yeah, crazy the things you find in strange corners, huh? Thanks for reading, and leaving feedback, Yvonne. Hope you do post some of your own dark & broody stuff, I'd love to read it!

wolfwynd:Fantastic? Thanks though. More coming.

barnabasvamp:Thanx. One more coming right up!



eyes

"Words are sweet whisperings. Sentences are foreplay. Paragraphs are incarnations of carnal desires and fiction is the grand climax." ~ Sway Slayer

Edited by: EyesLie at: 11/21/04 8:50 pm

[EyesLie]

Okay, here we go. This ones a little more recent, but still somewhat dark. My muse seems to like them like that. And although you don't need to know this to understand the poem, just in case anyone is wondering, "Invierno" is Spanish for winter.



Alright, here it is. I'd love to know what you guys think of this one.



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~Invierno~

It begins as a cold breeze

whispered like a secret in your ear,

snaking shivers down your spine.

Then, it becomes a chilling caress

in the dead of night.

Frost-bitten fingers on your throat that begin to squeeze…

and squeeze, choking out every last forgotten sob.

The cold surrounds you completely & muffles your strangled cries.

It’s an icy wet blanket that smothers you,

steals your breath & tries to penetrate your defenses,

to consume you from within.

It seeps first through your eyes to extinguish the light inside.

Eventually they frost over, lifeless.

The tears you never cried have frozen stiff.

Then it moves on to take root in your mind

where it steals every last vestige of warmth in your thoughts,

leaving behind an empty room, shuttered & numb.

It continues on through your chest were it’s icy grip squelches the fire in your heart.

The blood in your veins runs cold… then stops completely.

Finally it settles somewhere deep in the very pit of your stomach.

It’s hard, cold weight sucking you down into a standstill.

Frozen in the mire of your own self loathing.

"Words are sweet whisperings. Sentences are foreplay. Paragraphs are incarnations of carnal desires and fiction is the grand climax." ~ Sway Slayer

[SJ]

Powerful words,great poem

[robotguru]

My muse seems to like my poems dark also, heh.



Anyway, thanks for sharing these poems.

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There can be no rainbow without rain, you cannot know true happiness until you know sadness first.