She’s not as genuine as cubic zirconia
or Christmas tree tinsel.
Her life may be one large web
littered with duty and lies.
But she smiles convincingly
and attends to the avoidable
and carries herself
as if all is well under the fragile façade.
Don’t ask her for honesty.
She could no more move the moon
than she could tell you the thing
you wouldn’t want to hear.
Don't think she doesn't grieve
when someone pulls at the scab of her reality.
There are, after all,
two sides to every story.
And if she wants to be a chameleon
in a changing, scary world
shouldn't we pretend like we can't see?
Mar 14, 2016
Mar 14, 2016 at 10:43 PM UTC
She’s not as genuine as cubic zirconia
or Christmas tree tinsel.
Her life may be one large web
littered with duty and lies.
But she smiles convincingly
and attends to the avoidable
and carries herself
as if all is well under the fragile façade.
Don’t ask her for honesty.
She could no more move the moon
than she could tell you the thing
you wouldn’t want to hear.
Don't think she doesn't grieve
when someone pulls at the scab of her reality.
There are, after all,
two sides to every story.
And if she wants to be a chameleon
in a changing, scary world
shouldn't we pretend like we can't see?
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