14.12.14


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