You are lying
I can see it in eyes
that gleam with
insincerity
your head bowed to
mask a smile
your confessor
hears only your voice
dripping with regret
asking for forgiveness
~~
Mama Zen is in the Garden today asking us to imagine “If these walls could talk …..”
Some confessions are great performances. Some confessors give great performances. Great take on the prompt.
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Love your response to the prompt 🙂
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A really nice contrast between what the priest hears and what the speaker in this poem sees.
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This says it all:
“your head bowed to
mask a smile”
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Hypocrisy lives!
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😉
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Ah the hypocrisy… Love it.
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The eyes speak more truth than lips it appears.
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oooh. sarcastic walls. like it ~
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Oh yes, the eyes tell so much more than the mouth does.
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I bet that happens a lot!
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If only the priest could see!
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Words can be so empty!
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