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Good, proper and rather harsh critiquing for my poem?

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Fantastic Lies

I can still trace the slivers of skin

stained by tears

tears all dried up now

Tears you can’t see.

But it’s all okay now

I’ve said I’m so sorry

We’ve hugged and we’ve kissed

goodbye to expression

truant truths stuffed away

In too full hearts.

And so I mutter thankyou

(it’s only polite)

For fostering my naivety

For keeping me inadequate

and labelling my only aspiration

offspring of the above.

And so we conform together

to a world of tear stifling manners

and unlimited reserve.

Which sounds too much like self-pity

Except its more dilute

Dry tears are just

1 part self pity and

3 parts self-loathing

But In The Name of Honesty

Dry tears are a fantastic lie

Tears do matter really

But once they’ve truly faded

The evidence is eliminated

and you no longer see them

Which translates to “non-existent”

Cos’ seeing is believing

Another fantastic life

Or a truth playing truant

From its dreamlike world

Of unlimited transparency.

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  1. It's okay, very confusing, but has potencial to be great. Maybe try making a few of the lines rhyme, and let it flow  bit more.


  2. Sorry but I found it confusing. The poem has no main idea so to speak

  3. I don't get it. I read it over many, many times and I could not find the meaning of this poem. And the words are too big, sometimes you should keep a poem short & sweet. Simple. It confused me. I don't like it. The first time I read it, I stopped in the middle of it because I wasn't interested. Then I decided to be polite and read it over. Not my favorite.

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