Would you still love me if I dyed my hair purple?
Would you still love me if you read my poetry?
Would you still love me if I told you my secrets, my stories?
Would you still love me if I was honest?
Would you still love me if I showed you my scars?
If I told you I wanted to be free...
Would you still love me if I stopped hiding everything and took off my mask—
the one you told me was pretty?
Would you still love me...
Or if I stopped saying I was good when you asked how I was doing?
If I stopped being your ray of sunshine
and told you the truth—
I'm not fine.
Will I still be lovable
if I quit my job
of acting
and cracking jokes
when everything's wrong?
Or if I stop talking with care,
and the strong, independent woman appears?
If I use my tone and voice
in a way where my secrets
come out to play...
Would I still be lovable?
Cared for?
Cherished?
If I actually started to act like me?
Or would I always be told
to act ladylike?
To keep my mask on,
add some more makeup
to make it bright?
Be told to sit down
and show respect?
Would I be told
that I just want attention?
Would I be locked up
and shamed—
all because...
I stopped lying.
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Author:
A.N. (
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Comments2
A wonderful poem of the necessities of social decorum and expectations. Where honesty is a venom and taking off one's mask an offense of assault. Well written
Thank you!
You are most welcome A.N.
I like this one VERY much. So authentic and human...vulnerable. Says, "This is me...take it or leave it and I don't care which."
Starts off with harmless preliminary questions to draw you in and get you involved...then...
slowly "hammers" home the intended message. Knockout!
Thank you so much. That means a lot to me. I wanted it to feel honest, so hearing that it came across that way is incredibly encouraging.
I wrote a similar style poem, "Will you?" if you'd like to check it out...I believe that's what drew my attention to yours.
I wrote a similar style poem, "Will you?" if you'd like to check it out...I believe that's what drew my attention to yours.
Sorry accidentally refreshed which sent duplicate.
All good, I will definitely check it now
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