The She-Devil

by anne27

Published February 17, 2022

In Heartfelt poems

She goes about torturing everyone, 
taking revenges, backstabbing her closed ones.
Still getting sympathy for being the one who survived
betrayals. She wants to make her story
as pathetic as possible. She
trusts no one, loves no one, cares for no one-
and yet she manages to have a whole collection
of vials of love, filled with trust,
waiting to break them one by one.
She likes the shining tears and mosaic hearts
that she produces with her deeds. She brainwashes me,
makes me scared of getting close to people.
For her, they are just a means to serve her purpose-
of destruction and pleasure.I hate her
antics but can't stop her. She stops me-
from trusting and living my life 
in the present. She spreads uncertainty
and fear about the future,
gossips about her past and distorts it
to suit herself. The present, like people,
is just a means of getting access to both past and
future. I'd rather ask her to live like 'normal people'-
she says there are none. She has manifested herself
in every body. It's the best way to torment someone, she believes.
My life too has been dark since she found her new heaven in my heart.
Comments & reviews · 5
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Coffeeboyjay
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Coffeeboyjay wrote a review Review · Mar 14, 2022

Hi Anne,

First off Anne my suggestion Anne is that the poem was alright but really sad through Anne let me tell you why in the poem where the poem said She goes about torturing everyone,
taking revenges, backstabbing her closed ones.
Still getting sympathy for being the one who survived
betrayals. She wants to make her story
as pathetic as possible. She
trusts no one, loves no one, cares for no one-
and yet she manages to have a whole collection
of vials of love, filled with trust,
waiting to break them one by one. they feeled that her life was miserable and I feel bad for that girl in the poem i dropped a tear starting when i read this Anne.

My Compliment Anne is that reading your poems made me learn something is to keep trying hard to continuing writing and hopefully we see more pieces of your work Anne soon.

Good Wishes Anne of Writing! :wink:

anne27 replied · Mar 18, 2022

Thanks for your kind words Jay!

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illy7896
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illy7896 commented Comment · Feb 22, 2022

I just want to let you know how much I liked this poem, and how great the last line was. The way you put it in bold and the rhyming and the contrast of darkness and heaven is very well done. And the poem itself is full of sentence variety and description. Awesome poem!

anne27 replied · Feb 22, 2022

Thanks a lot illy! So glad you liked it <3 :)

creeperfeverdreams wrote a review Review · Feb 17, 2022

I’ve dealt with this type of person in my life.What makes it even worse is that she was a childhood friend.The thing with these people is that it’s always going to be someone you trust.It’s mentioned in the poem,too,that she has tons of people who trust her,who love her.They don’t know the truth till it’s too late.I hope you have a good and wonderful day and night.

anne27 replied · Feb 17, 2022

Thanks for the review Vampricone! I hope you're past the hurt caused by him/her. Have a wonderful day/night as well <3

I%u2019m past it,thanks.%u2728

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luciisdead
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luciisdead wrote a review Review · Feb 17, 2022

Hey hey! Alex here with a review!


Okay I just wanna say that I love how this poem is worded! The She-Devil? Hell yea! I love the way you made this free-range poem sound exactly like they make it sound in the movies! Like- My brain back here is just teasing me because I know I can never do something as good as this!Your past stories are just as wonderful aswell! Keep up the good work and keep writing! <3

anne27 replied · Feb 17, 2022

Thanks a lot for the review Alex! Means a lot to me <33

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MissGangamash
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MissGangamash wrote a review Review · Feb 17, 2022

Hello! Here for a review. I feel like a lot of people have dealt with these sorts of people in their lives.

I think the first line would be better later on. You've really thrown the reader in at the deep end so there's nowhere to really go from there. It would be good to built up to her 'torturing' people.

From personal experience with people like this, it starts of subtle and builds up. Just a few little things that don't add up and then when you've put the pieces together, it's too late. It would be interesting if you incorporated that into the poem. Like, by the end of the poem you feel trapped with her with nowhere else to turn. These types of people like having others depending on them, they love being the centre of attention and see others just as their puppets. It seems the narrator is a puppet that has cut themselves from her strings.

I did really enjoy the line 'She likes the shining tears and mosaic hearts.' That line in particular was very equal parts scary and beautiful and felt very symbolic of this person.

Hope this helps!

anne27 replied · Feb 17, 2022

Thanks for the review MissGangamash! I really appreciate your perspective on this. Indeed it can be seen as a different person being talked about. The way I wrote, I was thinking about that monster inside me which seems to possess me sometimes. Hence the line about being afraid to get close to people, since I'm unsure when she'll take over.
Thanks again <3



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