deception

life is too precious

to bypass in a rush

we look past the pain

we choose a dead end haze

else we make it our badge

my fogged images of you

resemble a beautiful spirit

i see you as a little bit of her

the part of her i never knew

fire of youth is a beautiful flame

that both warms and burns

look wisely and with no effort

find yourself not in her mirror

but in her scars and smiles

there can be no deception

between you

© pviel 2004