"Hello (Hello)
I'll tell you all the people I know (I know)
Sell you somethin' that you already own (You own)
I can be whoever you want me to be"
Plastic Hearts ~ Miley Cyrus
Plastic Hearts ~ Miley Cyrus
I feel at arm’s length,
close enough to see,
but far enough away
to not be smothered in plastic.
On the dance floor where
everyone calls me baby
I laugh and turn, step and misstep
to shrill notes of she’s the
life of the party.
In the glitter of bedazzled blind spots
I can appear to be what I’m not so the shallow
can swim without a lifeguard.
Ah, how many struggle to appear to be what they're not to please the shallow. Wasted time and broken dreams.
ReplyDeleteAs another Texan once sang, drown me in the shallow water, before I get too deep.
ReplyDelete"I feel at arm’s length" - yep.
ReplyDeleteWhen I get tired of swimming in the deep water I switch to swimming on my back. I once hurt my toe, bad, swimming in the shallow. :)
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I really enjoyed this one especially
ReplyDelete"On the dance floor where
everyone calls me baby"
No way of telling how deep a dive can be, away from dance floor buoyancy....
ReplyDeleteSo many deep lines in this Susie! I love it!!
ReplyDeleteThe struggle to avoid the plastic patina they want to pour over us, to maintain an open air passage through the mess, is shown eloquently here, Susie. I especially like "...I can appear to be what I’m not so the shallow/can swim without a lifeguard."
ReplyDeleteLove that you chose Miley's music! 'I can appear to be what I am not' ~~ line that rings loud, clear, true. Well penned, Ms. Susie.
ReplyDeleteThat last stanza is stellar!
ReplyDeleteSounds like Miley getting honest here. Good poem that speaks to the double life so many lead. For all of the glitz and glamor that celebrities cultivate I imagine it's a very lonely existence.
ReplyDeleteLuv where tge prompt took you. Happy Sunday. Thanks for dropping by to read mine
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This was killer Susie! I loved it, especially:“I can appear to be what I’m not so the shallow can swim without a lifeguard.”
ReplyDeleteBTW excellent song choice! 👍
"I laugh and turn, step and misstep
ReplyDeleteto shrill notes of she’s the
life of the party."
The lifeless life of the party? Without a true life of her own. Powerfully written.
A glorious poem! This combines with the music perfectly.
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