Sunday, January 9, 2011

A Spider's Lie

A Spider's Lie

to be ensnared in a spider's web

I imagine

would be frightening

for the more I struggle

the more I am tangled

very much like

being trapped in a lie

that is not mine


to be a spider

I imagine

would make me feel godly

in power

in control

able to take a life

as I sink my fangs into

my victims flesh

piercing souls

and feasting upon essence

until I am full


And to be a spider

trapped

in its own web

I imagine

would be irony at its best

to struggle

but never succeed

and starve

unable to break free

or maybe I would take my life

piercing my own soul

so that it could be set free

of this silk web of lies

I had spun

7 comments:

  1. Feedback please!!!!
    I'm a little rusty because I haven't written any poetry in a while. So please tell me what you think. Can you tell what it is about?
    I think it may be a little bit too obvious.

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  2. I like it's blantacy(if that's a word?). It's a great expansion on one like simile! I love how you took one idea and expanded it so much!

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  3. I am kind of confused. Are you saying that eventually even the person who is telling the lie (spider I guess) will get caught up in the mess that it has created with others, and then they will then be tangled too?

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  4. I'm unsure of what you are trying to say. My guess is that even people with power can lose the path in life. I enjoyed reading it but it would not be as enjoyable if you completely removed aspects of uncertainty. So what I'm saying more things need to be clarified but not everything.

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  5. This was a good poem but I am alittle confused about what these is poem is mainly about.

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  6. I'm a little surprised. I thought this poem was too obvious and easy to understand. I guess maybe thats just because I wrote it. (So of course I would know what it's about)
    What exactly do you not understand? I would be more than happy to clarify/change the poem.

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  7. I am also not really sure what your saying. Your getting there though. I am trying to think what you are saying in general though. like what Rory said when a person is telling a lie will get caught up in a mess that has effected others. Keep practicing, add some more flow to it and make it more interesting.

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