what is real

the difference between
appearance and reality
is something that we miss
it is easier to draw no distinction
between truth and perception
today i cursed at a soap actor for being
cruel to her soap opera husband
but turned a deaf ear when the neighbour's drunken
bum husband split her lip in front of her children

Responses

4 comments so far.

1. The Phoenix says:

   Yeouch!!!!! but so true!

2. 4 SUGAR BEAR says:

   Be a good neighbor and insist she takes a ride with you to the courthouse to file for an immediate PFA-PROTECTION FROM ABUSE order, before her children become his controlling target as well, where they can have an actual chance of breaking his cycle of abuse. Too bad, my neighbors chose not to interferre. ~PEACE OUT

3. Randall Kell says:

   is this supposed to be a short story or a poem??? be poetic, not whatever this is.

4. Orpheus . says:

   Free verse, Randall. Poets instruct, amuse, teach, entertain and moralise. If you don't like it, find something of mine you might like.