Saturday, July 18, 2009

30 Poems in 30 Days #14

A lie
A single lie
Single handedly unraveled
Everything he knew to be true
And good in the world
Suddenly robbed of his innocence
His hopes and dreams at once shattered
He searched her eyes for answers
There were none; no effort made
To aid his understanding of what was lost
He looked for truth and she lied again

A lie
A single lie
Single handedly unraveled
Everything she wanted to be true
And good in the world
She had stolen his innocence
Shattered his hopes and dreams
He searched her empty eyes for answers
She offered none; made no effort to explain
Instead she took herself apart from inside out
He looked for truth and she lied again

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