{"sf1_id":2113541,"sf2_id":"znJM9Qom","title":"You Were Expecting More?","author":"Apolarbear17","words":370,"posted_at":"2024-03-11T04:46:49.000Z","tags":["Decrepit","Disappointment","Discovered Statue","Metaphor","Poem","Slightly Venting"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/2113541-you-were-expecting-more","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/znJM9Qom","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/03/94/0394c4a8-d06f-4fc4-b26e-db30a347032e","description":"This was a poem that when I started writing it I meant to be a vent poem when I was feeling pretty down about myself but halfway through I started feeling better about things and this poem kind of reflects that shift as it started becoming more about finding a statue in the woods than fully becoming the metaphor it was meant to be. Hence why I say it’s slightly venting, sometimes the mood of the poem I’m writing will reflect a mood I moved on from or it’ll just be a story of a place/mood I want to be at/in. Originally posted this in March 2022 as one half of a set of poems I posted at the same time.","content":"You Were Expecting More?\u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;By: A.X. Bueno\u0026nbsp;\n\n  \n\nThere is what looks to be a statue in front of you\n\nYou've known and heard about it before but actually seeing it in person is something new\n\nYou sought it out after hearing about it from friends and you're approaching it for the first time\n\nIt had some sheet obscuring parts of it and now you see it all and it's not in the expected prime\n\nYou see that to it time and the world have behind the veil not been very kind\n\nThere's plenty of cracks running along it with some in places like the hand deeply defined\u0026nbsp;\n\nAlong with the cracks there's uneven shapes and bits of rust on the statues body scattered around\u0026nbsp;\n\nYou didn't expect it to be this beaten up and run down\u0026nbsp;\n\nWith the photos and things you had heard about it you didn't expect it to be this run into the ground\u0026nbsp;\n\nBut it is, the statue has metal and paint flaking in some parts and seems different from its renown\u0026nbsp;\n\nYou look at the soil displaced from the statue sinking down into the dirt forming a mound\u0026nbsp;\n\nAnd you wonder just what caused all this wear and metal scarring so soon\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\n\nThis statue slightly sunken into the ground and looking like the potential subject of a sad tune\n\nYou wonder why the attempt to cover the damages on it and if someone had something to hide\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\n\nYou're honestly surprised this statue always seemed in photos so together and dignified\n\nYou're tempted to say those were all a facade but even still there's something there\n\nThe qualities of a noble statue just weakened by fate and events of which you're unaware\n\nThe ravages of time and erosion which don't feel like they should have happened so fast\n\nStill all you've done is try to examine something with no answers and be aghast\u0026nbsp;\n\nIt's time for that end, merely gawking at this statue's oddities for your sake shouldn't last\u0026nbsp;\n\nBut as you finally walk away something unexpected happens that you almost pass\n\nJust when you thought you were done and were content in the conclusions you drew\u0026nbsp;\n\nThe statue turns slightly and blink\u0026nbsp;at you \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;"}