A poem from my first poetry collection,
"Waiting on a Light That was Never There"
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"Masks We Wear"
Being nice to a stranger
Or a smile for a friend
Hiding away the monster
We all have within
Eating away
At our subconscious minds
Hoping one day
We'll finally let them win
"Garden of Nails In a Bed of Roses"
The brutal dance
Of keeping life in a trance
An elegance
With each painful step
Driving the nails deeper
With such a grotesque snap
Yet, you keep a smile
Almost as if painted
Onto your tortured face
But I can see the tears
Running down
Your weathered cheeks
Showing me that true beauty
Only comes
From heartbreak
And defeat
For only roses grow
In your shadow's golden glow
"Floating In Your Stare"
Floating through a cosmic mixture
Stars and dreams collide
Manifesting millions of black holes
In your stare
"We Were Both Pretending"
The feelings we shared
Were fake from the beginning
We used each other
Until we got what we needed
Leaving black holes
Where our hearts once were