Plight of Obsession | Poem

the phoniest of flattery

the most lascivious of lies

the cacophony of coquettish ramblings:

all are the plights of an unreciprocated obsession,

not born out of love, but of rabidly ill intent.

~ Sammicakes

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  1. Gottfried's avatar Gottfried says:

    Been a long time I seen the word cacophony used. Poetry yunno

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    1. sammicakes's avatar sammicakes says:

      I learned that word from a song when I was a kid and never let go of it!

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      1. Gottfried's avatar Gottfried says:

        I knew there was an amazing origin story 😄

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      2. sammicakes's avatar sammicakes says:

        lol, big thanks to marina and the diamonds :))

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  2. Belladonna's avatar Belladonna says:

    Wow!! I felt that!

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    1. sammicakes's avatar sammicakes says:

      so glad you liked it ❤

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  3. judeitakali's avatar judeitakali says:

    This is amazing Sammi, Beautifully deep

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      1. judeitakali's avatar judeitakali says:

        My pleasure 🌼

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  4. neseknows's avatar neseknows says:

    Incredible piece!wow!!! Very raw and descriptive wordplay.

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    1. sammicakes's avatar sammicakes says:

      thank you so much !!

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  5. Obsession is that road to madness, isn’t it? Sometimes, I think, that not towards pure obsession, though simply upon its road, we are going towards that madness, being love. If it is our goal to be obsessive, and get nowhere by it, then yes, it is all ill-intent. Though, to be obsessive on the path, itself, is to be led to the madness we should know is love.

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    1. sammicakes's avatar sammicakes says:

      very true, that’s some good insight on the other perspective of obsession and love. let’s just say it’s never worked out very well for me! thank you for this!

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  6. Alliteration and the rhythm of this poem was perfect, like an enchanting song, creeping to your heart. I love it really much~

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    1. sammicakes's avatar sammicakes says:

      I had a lot of fun playing around with words to get that perfect sound, glad you enjoyed !!

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      1. ❤ Must be hard to find the perfect words, I guess, though?

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      2. sammicakes's avatar sammicakes says:

        it took me ten minutes to find the right spelling of “lascivious!” aha, worth it though :))

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      3. Ah, poetry can be really tough, isn’t it? But in the end, your poem does sound so perfect~!

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      4. sammicakes's avatar sammicakes says:

        you’re exactly right, thank you again!!

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      5. The pleasure’s all mine, have a great day/night ahead ❤

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  7. asthaisha's avatar asthaisha says:

    Amazing 💛💛 felt that ♥️

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    1. sammicakes's avatar sammicakes says:

      thanks for checking it out <33

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