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Acina Joy Jan 2019
Never trust roses again.

I lay down in a bed of them,
muttering a lullaby sweetened.
Pink petals meeting my lips reddened,
as I become a beloved sacrifice,
when you lied to me I would be cherished.
I thought I laid in a bed of roses,
to only lay in a floor of thorns.
So I told myself, as I bled out rubies,
that we both foolishly called love.

"
Never trust roses again."
inspired from a music video. i just wanted to let out my words in a long time.
Helen Jan 2019
we often forget that yesterday has been turned to dust,
long before tomorrow comes
pastel brush strokes gently conceal lies, wounds, and barbed wire scars
wouldn’t you rather be privy to the explicit state of affairs
rather than be presented with a silver platter, a shroud, filled with lacy lyric and milky emotions swimming in remorse
deception seeps from every one of your thousands of pores
how many times do you have to hit an egg until yoke begins to seep out?
Intuition was inspired by Beyoncé’s “Pray You Catch Me” from the Lemonade album
tainted black Dec 2018
you set me
on fire by those
sweet things you say


the lies you
w     h      i       s       p       e      r
in my ears; you relay


yet no matter
how I tell myself
to not  listen


I find my body
f    a   l    l        i   n
in your deception--- it remains
I suddenly remember Alexander Hamilton.
adept Dec 2018
deception will forever be
my greatest power
George Krokos Dec 2018
Like a reflected shadow appearance and deception
is really this endless universe of God's conception.
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From "Simple Observations" ongoing writings since the early '90's.
K Balachandran Dec 2018
Dew drenched rose petels,
Winter’s perfect deception,
Season’s seduction!
Don’t be deceived by the lissom rose’s seductiveness; with her sharp claws and long fangs winter lurks in the background to take you in to her freezing  embrace!
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