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pWhat do you see with those tired eyes
pThose eyes that see only war.
pWhat secrets do you keep inside you,
pThe pain buried to the core.
pWhy do you wear a mask that hides,
pYour emotions from the world,
pAnd the sorrow that you always keep
pMakes your fingers tight and curled.
pCan others see what you have hidden,
pThose feelings deep inside,
pCan they see right through your well-placed mask
pCan they see the tears you cried.
pWhat hope is there inside your heart,
pHas it been pierced with a hell-burned knife,
pTender, purest heart of gold,
pDo you see that it's a beautiful life.
pWhy do you hold your humanity
pClenched tight within your hands
pDo you fear that you will be vulnerable
pWhile the stronger still will stand
pWill you live like this forever,
pWhile the pain tears out your soul,
pWill it always burn inside of you,
pTo white soft ashes of coal.
pWill someone knock upon the shell of your love disabled heart,
pWill you open it up and let them in,
pDo you fear they will pierce it with a dart?
pUp-turn the broken dirt covering your humanity,
pFor your life must be on-going,
pFor you to set free your sanity.
pNever forget that hope needs faith,
pLove combines them both to make you full,
pAnd then you will see that Life is Beautiful./i
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pThe title is Italian and obtained from a movie called "Life is Beautiful", yet the creator intended it to be "The Beautiful Life." It is a comedy of the Holocaust, and the creator was greatly criticized for making a comedy of the Holocaust. I do not own that movie, I am just using the title. "Vita" comes from the word 'vitality' meaning 'full of life'. Bella means beautiful. I interpreted the 2 different meanings of the titles in both parts of the poem.
pWhat do you see with those tired eyes
pThose eyes that see only war.
pWhat secrets do you keep inside you,
pThe pain buried to the core.
pWhy do you wear a mask that hides,
pYour emotions from the world,
pAnd the sorrow that you always keep
pMakes your fingers tight and curled.
pCan others see what you have hidden,
pThose feelings deep inside,
pCan they see right through your well-placed mask
pCan they see the tears you cried.
pWhat hope is there inside your heart,
pHas it been pierced with a hell-burned knife,
pTender, purest heart of gold,
pDo you see that it's a beautiful life.
pWhy do you hold your humanity
pClenched tight within your hands
pDo you fear that you will be vulnerable
pWhile the stronger still will stand
pWill you live like this forever,
pWhile the pain tears out your soul,
pWill it always burn inside of you,
pTo white soft ashes of coal.
pWill someone knock upon the shell of your love disabled heart,
pWill you open it up and let them in,
pDo you fear they will pierce it with a dart?
pUp-turn the broken dirt covering your humanity,
pFor your life must be on-going,
pFor you to set free your sanity.
pNever forget that hope needs faith,
pLove combines them both to make you full,
pAnd then you will see that Life is Beautiful./i
hr
pThe title is Italian and obtained from a movie called "Life is Beautiful", yet the creator intended it to be "The Beautiful Life." It is a comedy of the Holocaust, and the creator was greatly criticized for making a comedy of the Holocaust. I do not own that movie, I am just using the title. "Vita" comes from the word 'vitality' meaning 'full of life'. Bella means beautiful. I interpreted the 2 different meanings of the titles in both parts of the poem.
