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Disguise

October 20, 2014
By MarinaBrubacher BRONZE, Tillsonburg, Other
MarinaBrubacher BRONZE, Tillsonburg, Other
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Favorite Quote:
“I see things, that's all. Write enough stories and every shadow on the floor looks like a footprint; every line in the dirt like a secret message.”
― Stephen King, Bag of Bones


I see your tongue, curled behind soft lips,
Your body cringing in sweet remorse
And hand wrapped tightly with high waist grips.
Drowning in sweet scents and hair coarse,
You seek devotion in a demeaning source.
You flash your emotion in disguised cries
Only to bear witness to unfulfilling lies.

Their kissing the ground of your plastic trail
As you kick up your heels leaving dust.
They see the strength painted over the frail
With your ruby red lipstick beginning to rust
And your melting plastic diminishing lust.
But with all the pain of applying the fake
You re-apply each morning you wake.

I see the glare in your bright blue eyes,
A glare of envy for the ghost
Where pearls and diamonds can’t disguise
And you can put butter on your toast.
Well isn’t that something to boast?
But I do not return the favour of desire,
For each day you set yourself on fire.


The author's comments:

Written for those witnessing traumatic highschool experiences. Whethe you are recognized as the ghost of the god. A perspective most will understand. 


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