Losing face. Saving Grace.

I wrote this one about people who can be seen as "two-faced" Enjoy!

Flip your coin.
You remind me of such a thing, not in value nor sentiment, but that you consist of two faces.

Rust dares not collect on you, these faces remain forever new and interesting to me. You shine in copper, degrade in your alloy. Flip this coin, outsider. Tell me which face you see.
Do you see what I see, stranger? Do we gaze upon the same face that the coin conveys to us? It is only metal, but try convincing this face that it can do no harm to you.

Your ridges cut me like sawblades, a circular saw. You spin in your own dreamland, out of phase with the scars you cause. No two face is the same for me. Yet you cause the same pain within me to equal my distain. Your smiling face drills into my memory as you drill my skin with lies.

Once upon a time I had you in my grasp. I held you when you needed me, but you had flipped once again. A new face then arose from within. The old phoenix within you croaks. The feathers are tattered and broken in the final life.

Soon this worn-out coin will bear no face. Scratched off and worn away. Such a pity to see something that was once so beautiful decompose to dust. Such a crime to let it be in existance. I remain unsure, I ponder over pity and pestilence trying to decide your fate.


Maybe I'll just flip a coin...

Author's Note

Constructive crits only! :)
Tell me your thoughts and interpretations.

Reviews

[Jazmine T]

thought monologue ..clever use of metaphor..love the ending..

[Sarusai Hiryu]

not at all bad, especially the ironic vein.
Make it more savage

[Nicaushio Yamaki]

Nice work!!

[Nothing Personal]

I like the metaphors..I like your wry humor(ending line). It's a great take on double faced people...and your ironies made it real...good..Great writing here..It also borders on philosophical ideas...very enjoyable..like reading a discussion..