I took a dive

Cannon ball style

into the ocean of you

I was all in

from the beginning

not knowing

there was no depth

beyond the surface

no beauty skin deep


The mask was pretty

but the underneath was

purely a mirage of paradise

too good to be true

You were more jagged rock

than water

a knife through the heart

just a shallow pool

of empty promises


From this

I learned a hard lesson

Next time

Ill remember to dip my head

before my chest

test the waters first

before risking my heart

only to drown

in a dead sea

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