Beautiful Liar

Blinded to the truth

Eclipsed behind a disguise

Angelic persona

Utilize to hide

Transform to devil

Ignorant of its evil

Felicity taken away

Umbrage building to a crescendo

Lulling into false security

Loathe an existence

Irrational behavior

Autonomous narcissistic

Reflect deceptive beauty of

          Beautiful Liar

Make Believe

It’s getting harder

 to keep my feelings hidden

Outside I smile, 

inside I’m dying, Pretend

Deaf tears I cry, 

each intake of breath 

I’m wishing

were my last, Pretend

Why is it that I’ve fallen

 and I look for rest to siege

Me in its arms, Pretend

I wear a mask no

 one can penetrate

My eyes are soulless, Pretend

To match a spirit held in an

Arroyo deserted 

and forgotten, Pretend

I hear words spoken 

saying never give in

Yet there said 

in a whisper, Pretend 

Fool to think my 

feelings are put first

A lie I’m told to keep

 me satisfied, Pretend

Stand strong 

stand alone, Pretend

On a ledge I totter, 

the fall forever

To eternity, Pretend