When I hear someone say:

Oh! You look so nice today!

I answer without any delay:

I would look much better

If I wore another sweater.

Or something like that:

Oh, dear! Don’t tell me lies!

Look at my eyes!

I would look much better

If I was not ill.

But…still…

Let’s have a bet!

Let’s make some offset!

When I feel better

And really look nice

You won’t tell me any compliments

And they won’t be fixed on any documents.

Do you know why?

Because…life is a strife.

And you pretend

To be good and kind.

I don’t mind to hear

False, deceptive, catchy,

Double meaning compliments of yours,

But…of course….

For me it’s very important to understand,

And for you, I think, to be understood.

If you say a compliment

You have to know me

And ….even… to feel my mood.

Otherwise you know what?

Your compliments are just bloody brood!

 

©Larisa Rzhepishevska

February 25,2011