~ Still Ripples ~ My poems

[WordsWillCome]

Figured it would be easier to put all my poems under one topic rather than make a new one for each one (that could get to be quite space consuming). I've been writing for several years now so the poems i post will span that time (roughly five years of work). In other words some will be better than others but i believe in every poem there is some redeeming quality. Well i think I've rambled enough now. Time to actually post some work. smile

Please feel free to critic but do so in a constructive manner please. Praise is always welcome as well. smile  

[WordsWillCome]

~* Fool *~

Covered in my jester’s hat
I parade before them all
Giggling and laughing
Away the painted flaws

In a world that’s slowly dying
I dance in colors live and bright
Stepping to the pattern
Of a steadily fading life

They see the painted smile
And laugh at all my jokes
They never look beyond the skin
Or beyond the veil of smoke

They see a me of my design
Sketchy lines and fading gestures
Flamboyant colors penciled in
While gray roils and festers

I am the harlequin with brilliant eyes
The unseeing orbs so hollow
I am the bleeding heart unguarded
That the shadows slowly swallow

I am the star that shines so bright
That masks her tattering flaws
The jester with the lyrical voice
That answers beck and calls

Alas, but, I am poor Yurick
Faltering to my own demise
Imprisoned in this counterfeit body
And perpetuating the lies

That happy endings are an ending
That perfection has no flaws
True, every village has its idiot
And I’m the biggest fool of all