layer upon layer
of silver lined lies
we wrap our love
in an intricate
lace-patterned cloak
of deceit
and slowly
it starts to cover our heads
these inky black pools
of self-serving distortions
separate us
and years turn our inches
into miles
I can hardly see you across
the murky waters anymore
your dishonesty
makes me question
what I ever saw in you
to begin with
and now my body
is standing tall
as I throw mean
cheap one-liners at you
but inside
I'm curled up
in the fetal position
sucking my thumb
all I ever asked for
was
the truth
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CAUGHT IN OUR OWN WEB OF DECEPTION
Words shouted in anger
while shaking a finger at the rest;
small groups banding together
shouting
Something happened
Something did
I should
But I don't regret it
Other people were there
Other people know
One of them told her
They
CANDIED LIES
I ate your sweet sweet lies
like poisoned candy
rotting my soul with misery
A passion-starved wretch
in love with
She looked at me with her
Irish eyes, and I
Could not make out their message.
Dead eyes. Swollen with tears and
Guilt...
Blinking
In the beginning, before the influx of mindless reason, only truth existed.
Plentiful shades of perfection and imperfection
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