Behind closed doors!
Behind our closed doors,
Life isn't always as it seems.
What we portray, is just what we dream.
Just the way we would like life to be.
So we just sit there and pretend.
To be happy, footloose, and fancy free.
Letting our worries and fears drift away.
To just be able to let our hair down.
Not to care what others say.
Even if it is for only one day.
For we know the real truth,
Of what lurks behind those doors.
Some people are gracious,
And pretend right along with us.
While others seem to look right through us.
As if they know the ugliness that exists.
We feel so unloved and so ashamed.
In our hearts, we think we are to be blamed.
Lying there wounded with our souls on the good.
That's why sometimes it's easier to just shut the door.
Font size:
Submitted by honey1570 on August 24, 2014
Modified on March 15, 2023
- 44 sec read
- 16 Views
Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABCDEDFGFFHAIIIJKKLM |
---|---|
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 721 |
Words | 145 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 20 |
Translation
Find a translation for this poem in other languages:
Select another language:
- - Select -
- 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
- 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
- Español (Spanish)
- Esperanto (Esperanto)
- 日本語 (Japanese)
- Português (Portuguese)
- Deutsch (German)
- العربية (Arabic)
- Français (French)
- Русский (Russian)
- ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
- 한국어 (Korean)
- עברית (Hebrew)
- Gaeilge (Irish)
- Українська (Ukrainian)
- اردو (Urdu)
- Magyar (Hungarian)
- मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
- Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Italiano (Italian)
- தமிழ் (Tamil)
- Türkçe (Turkish)
- తెలుగు (Telugu)
- ภาษาไทย (Thai)
- Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
- Čeština (Czech)
- Polski (Polish)
- Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Românește (Romanian)
- Nederlands (Dutch)
- Ελληνικά (Greek)
- Latinum (Latin)
- Svenska (Swedish)
- Dansk (Danish)
- Suomi (Finnish)
- فارسی (Persian)
- ייִדיש (Yiddish)
- հայերեն (Armenian)
- Norsk (Norwegian)
- English (English)
Citation
Use the citation below to add this poem to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Behind closed doors!" Poetry.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 8 Jun 2024. <https://www.poetry.com/poem/66753/behind-closed-doors!>.
Discuss the poem Behind closed doors! with the community...
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In