Truth in a Picture
by: Ronovan
You call me beautiful with your glance.
I get that a lot.
You like my eyes with their vacant stare
I don’t see you.
You see sexy in them, don’t you?
I see through you.
You say I have the perfect little nose.
I breathe, just.
You want to kiss my full red lips.
They sigh, barely.
I despise being an image for men to want.
You want me.
My eyes are vacant from being broken.
You don’t see.
I feel dirty and used and pained by him.
You see sexy.
I barely breathe when he hurts me.
You love my nose.
My lips bleed without a scream.
You want them.
Image Credit: gettyimages © Original Photo by nikkivanoostende.com
Copyright-All rights reserved-©RonovanWrites.wordpress.com-June 28, 2014.
ronovanwrites 
wow! intense and dark! loved the style Ron..
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thank you. I was looking for a happy painting this morning to write a poem about. Then I saw this. Happy didn’t happen.
LikeLiked by 3 people
You are going to like the direction I’m taking my blog to……..,
LikeLiked by 1 person
I saw your 10 Things. 🙂 It had a nice ‘sound’ to it. If that makes sense. Tone. And LG :). We so need a picture of her. 😀
LikeLike
It’s funny… I wonder how many people feel exactly this? Myself included… Sometimes I feel so broken, so used, so empty, that I can’t manage to even force the fake smile everyone’s expecting from me. Dark, but true and beautifully written.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Male-female conditioning.
LikeLike
Reblogged this on Embracing a Wounded Soul and commented:
This hits home . . . You never know what someone has gone through. You never know what they are feeling. People have stories behind kind smiles . . .
LikeLiked by 1 person
Reblogged . . . you know some of my story, so you know how much this hits home. Painful, that’s all I can really say.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Powerful piece.
LikeLiked by 1 person
This is well written. I was thinking – how do you know what a woman is thinking?
LikeLiked by 1 person
How do I personally know?
LikeLike
I know a rhetorical question. But for someone that will just take a moment and think and use their heart, there are certain things that are just obvious. Once you learn to look through the facades that society has put in front of us you see the realities. But most of the time, in all honesty, I just feel the words to say.
LikeLiked by 2 people
ok. cool.
LikeLike
Is it that sinful to be the sanctity of a man image of heaven? Is it that hard to believe that there is still people who believe that romance can be obtained in a glance? No, he doesn’t see your eyes vacant because he see hope. He doesn’t acknowledge your shortness of breath because you take his breath away and it isn’t so bad. Maybe he is salvation; your wish of happiness being fulfilled but you’re too trapped in your past to acknowledge that your future may be present….Nice illustrations. ~AmazinglyBrash~
LikeLike
Thank you. I was looking for a happy painting for an inspiring poem for myself. But when I saw this one I saw the two sides of the story and couldn’t stop the creating.
Not all men look at the image the same way, but I know some would. And sometimes you just have to speak out about it.
Much Respect
Ronovan
LikeLike
Reblogged this on ronovanwrites and commented:
This has been linked to so I’ve reblogged it for today. It’s a bit of a truth of the women’s side of an issues. Please read, you don’t have to click like, but at least read and get a perspective.
Much Respect
Ronovan
LikeLiked by 1 person
Beautifully expressed. Sometimes it seems true.
LikeLiked by 1 person
wow… powerful and beautifully written.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thank you. It wrote itself. I had nothing to do with it.
LikeLike
Reblogged this on Lesie's World.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Incredible, Ronovan.
Every broken bit inside responded to this.
You are a gifted and beautiful soul. Thank you for sharing this moving piece, what a gift.
Blessings and peace to you, friend.
Allison
LikeLiked by 1 person
MY FRIEND IS BACK!!!!!!!!!! YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LikeLike
Woop! What’s good! 🙂
What a warm welcome, thank you so!
LikeLiked by 1 person
This is breathtaking.. Thanks for sharing it. It hits home for me too. I’ve written about stuff like this before but I love the form you used. It’s delivers a similar message in a much more compact form.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thank you. When a woman takes the time to speak about this particular piece it just amazes, encourages, and also saddens me in a way. I am happy that some truth came out of it but I am saddened by what that truth is.
Much Respect
Ronovan
LikeLike
It’s a great piece, it’d be hard not to respond to. The way you used two sides really works for it. I’m moved that a man wrote from a woman’s perspective, and it rings true for a bunch of your readers.
LikeLike
Reblogged this on Dare You To Love Me and commented:
This is really well written.. Hit home on what I’ve been writing about catcalling and society along with my personal experiences.
LikeLike
[…] poem is Truth in a Picture. I needed a pick me up piece to do. I wanted to write something happy and full of life. For this I […]
LikeLike
[…] I had a real “ping” today. https://ronovanwrites.wordpress.com/ RonovanWrites has a wonderful blog that you should take a look at. He did a poem yesterday inspired by a picture. You can find it here. https://ronovanwrites.wordpress.com/2014/06/28/truth-in-a-picture/ […]
LikeLike
I can guarantee you that many can relate to her. Very powerful. 🙂
LikeLike
[…] To see a poem inspired by my feelings about abuse and the image we don’t understand, read Truth in a Picture. […]
LikeLike
[…] Truth in a Picture […]
LikeLike
My word, this is powerful! Exquisite writing. Beautifully done.
LikeLike