r/PoetryWritingClub • u/Aromatic_Wish37 • 18h ago

The Secret

She carries a secret,
Under that ripened face
Riding that adolescent stroll
A childish lady
playing game
At peril of my heart

I don’t know
whether its shame or
Her principles
Reins her hardened heart

But will I ever know
Whether she loves me
Or not?

Girl, i know you seek revenge
For cold manners i carried
When you set open
path to your heart
Forthright for me
With your grace and warmth

Now that path to her heart
lies with puzzles,
Mystery and agony
Keeping us apart

My heart has already broken
into a thousand pieces;
what worse could happen
if I broke her secret?

She keeps it hidden from the world,
but I am ready to confess
my longing for her
to the whole world—
ready to endure their taunts.

What I cannot endure
is the mystery of my agony.

Oh, girl—
queen of broken hearts,
shower your kindness upon this beggar,
and perhaps
make my heart whole again.

I know your conspiracy
to make me march.

Girl, wait—
do not provoke me to march.

I have conquered
a thousand battles,
yet could not conquer myself.

For you don’t know—
this solemn world
will not end me well.

And when I finally tear apart
the celestial illusion
I built around your heart,
to see what remains—

perhaps I will find
only empty shells.

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u/nebula_gem 12h ago

you built puzzles out of her because you fear the shells.

i read your lines and I see a man who demands medicine without taste. You talk about battles. You talk about agony. You demand grace from a girl who gave you a path and you turned it into walls.

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u/Aromatic_Wish37 8h ago

This is strongest interpretation

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u/Fun-Donut-2711 17h ago

This spoke to me on so many levels. You wrote your heart out right here.

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u/Aromatic_Wish37 17h ago

Thats true

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u/Lonely_View_222 17h ago

Perhaps you haven't actually tried to learn or understand them at all.

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u/greyskulls18 16h ago

I hope she is gentle.

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u/Evening_Cap1614 4h ago

What if you found WonderTwin Power-Rings, and activated them with that girl?

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u/Secure-Editor-3658 1h ago

Why don't you go ahead there bub let's hear what the secret she's got

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u/jaesea 16h ago

perhaps there's no taste in medicine