The Eyes are Mightier Than the Mouth

Ekphrastic Challenge June 2023

By Rae Fairchild (MRB)Published 11 months ago • 1 min read

This poem was written in response to the Rattle® Poetry Ekphrastic Challenge for June 2023 and was ultimately not selected. You can find more information here.
https://www.rattle.com/ekphrastic/
The image that this poem was specifically written about can be found here. (June 2023 – Judith Fox’s “Untold Stories”)
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The Eyes are Mightier Than the Mouth

There is much

Behind my eyes

Thoughts thought

Dreams dreamt

Life lived

But made to

Close my mouth

Stuff it, shut it

Society says

So silence, girl

Padlock placed

On my lips

Pages torn

From my journal

Spotted with ink

My mascara messy

Go clean it up

As to be seen

And not heard

A pretty face

Is all that’s needed

No one needs

Your mind

These outbursts

Will be outcast

Be happy as

Second-class

And second choice

Thus, you learn to say

So much in a look

And my eyes

Are screaming

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About the Creator

Rae Fairchild (MRB)

I love to write; putting pen to paper fills my heart and calms my soul!

Rae Fairchild is my pen name. (Because why not? Pseudonyms are cool!)

I do publish elsewhere under my real name, Mary Rae Butler. (Fairchild, an old family surname.)

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