Pretense

What’s that smell?

Busted!
Tired!
Enough
of pretense


it sickens
to the core

charades
what's that all about?


sugary words
like syrupy hiccups
it hurts the ears
it blinds the eyes
it penetrates the brain
say not what you don't mean


deflection
affectation
why bother with the sham
of expectation?

words are empty if they mean nothing

ignorance is bliss
to the perpetrators
of the facade

that is themselves


sealed with a kiss
of dislike and distrust
what's that all about?
make believing to be

but

living in their own quagmire
of despair


do you smell it
that stank in the air?


that stank of indifference
it's the coldness
that makes a shiver


the ones to be wary of
as they smirk
behind the mask

of indifference

of pretense

of whatever wind that blows the stank

away

from exposure

it's cleaning time!


by ForeverSerenity - copyright