You put your trust
in luster of treasures fake
putting aside
the true gems when luster fades
in youth is known
no more than today
for the shine of base
tempts a fool of any age
gems be daughter and son
to men old and naive
Cordelia and Edgar
tarnished to hearts that can't see
only in endings
will fools see the deed
the trap
that blinded hearts to misery.
Dec 13, 2011
Dec 13, 2011 at 12:40 PM UTC
You put your trust
in luster of treasures fake
putting aside
the true gems when luster fades
in youth is known
no more than today
for the shine of base
tempts a fool of any age
gems be daughter and son
to men old and naive
Cordelia and Edgar
tarnished to hearts that can't see
only in endings
will fools see the deed
the trap
that blinded hearts to misery.
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