reflections unmask
a morose acceptance of bone-deep sadness - pain that both is born and obliterates at a cellular existence
there's a gory irony in that, grossly mantled as a token of loss and a cautionary tale.

be wary of the unseen, unheard spectre
with far reaching influence
and a seductive promise of something more.

enshrined. shrouded. cloaked.
euphemistic hinting of evasion and avoidance, as though detection both
forces acknowledgement of existence and persistence - an inevitable reckoning.
untouchable. unwinnable. unbearable.