Liar, Liar, Pyre on Fire
A Poem
You keep some strange company
In this late night haunt of yours
And in the room’s dim lighting
Your features begin shifting
You’re just a face in the crowd
A crowd of carbon-copies
All consuming the same cons
In this den of self-deceit
Are you aware that it’s black?
The liquid you're throwing back
It’s staining your lips and tongue
But you couldn’t have known that
Since you’ve stabbed out your own eyes
I recall they were once green
Do you remember daylight?
No, you’ve forsaken the sun.
Did you choke on the first lie?
Or did it go down easy?
At what point did you begin
To regurgitate the words?
Was it before or after
You enslaved your heart and mind
To the hoax they all worship?
You slide a glass down the bar
As the torch bearers gather
Expectation presses in
With an unspoken promise
In one way we are alike
Misplacing some of our trust
But you’ll see in what comes next
We are very different
For if these are my choices
Drink the draught of delusion
Or march the path to the pyre
I guess I’m ready to burn
About the Creator
D.K. Shepard
Character Crafter, Witty Banter Enthusiast, World Builder, Unpublished novelist...for now
Fantasy is where I thrive, but I like to experiment with genres for my short stories. Currently employed as a teacher in Louisville.
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Comments (36)
"Brilliant piece!"
This threw me right into the scene and grabbed me by the short clans curlies to keep me there. Then it walloped me in the gut with those last two lines 👏
Excellent poem, but dark isn't the word I would pick to describe it. You have forsaken the sun and stabbed out your own eyes that were once green. The word I would pick would be violent, but as always it is so well written. Absolutely brilliant DK - and well deserving of Top Story. Nicely Done!!!
Congratulations my dear well done to you keep it up
🎉 Congrats on Top Story — well deserved! 🙌 Keep it up! 💪🔥
Loved this!
Back to say congratulations on your Top Story! 🎉💖🎊🎉💖🎊
Excellent poem… well deserved Top Story✅ I especially like: “ Your features begin shifting You’re just a face in the crowd A crowd of carbon-copies All consuming the same cons In this den of self-deceit”.
Such powerful imagery as always, D.K.! Congrats on the Top Story! 🎉
This is so brilliant and poignant, DK! I also can't figure out how so many can be inspired by the lies of one. I don't know if I'm ready to be burned for the truth, but I'm certainly fighting to make it known. Congrats on TS!
Congratulations on the top story!
Congratulations, DK, on your top story. Dark, delicious, and so darn good. Everything from the title to the very last poetic line, I loved it! Art, this is art! 👏👏👏
Congrats on Top Story! Well-deserved as always. Your depth constantly stuns me, though I guess it shouldn't by now. Remarkable writing!
Yay DK!!! Congrats on Top Story!!
"A crowd of carbon-copies" savage. raw. brutally honest in the BEST way.
Very good work, congrats 👏
Sir how you are uploading short stories, i can't upload a story less then 600 words
Stunning 🤩
Congraz, for top story
Wow, beautiful. Congratulations on Top story
Crazy!!!
not surprised to see this get Top Story! congrats!
Sad but so well written ❤️
Well-wrought! There's something aphoristic about this one, extending beyond the personal to the universal. "He who exalts at the stake, does not triumph over the pain, but because of the fact that he does not feel pain where he expected it. A parable." -Friedrich Nietzche
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