i have come to accept the premise

the deceit

the pretense offered daily

prescribed propriety

the façade deliquesced

imperceptible fissures in

acknowledged authenticity

evaporated

a glacier to the ocean

an artful mask created therapeutically

worn portage from waking to retiring

a mirror

for what you want to see in me

in acceptance i may have lost

may have forgotten

misplaced

or intentionally locked away from

myself