REHAB

 

A tear tattooed

Tortured face

Otherwise angelic

Before a painted smile

Deep foreboding secrets

Anguish lurks within

Distant loneliness

Fabricated stare

Prismatic demon dance

Storied fall from grace

Curled up with her nightmares

Longing for release

We mortals like to blame

Revel in another’s misery

So easy to imply

Temperamental friend

Thrust into celebrity

Lost credibility

Minstrel thoughts on rehab

Melodic cry for help

Trembling glass of port

Life’s shaky stage

Such fragile crescendo

Coffees getting cold

 

 

© Bill Grimes Jr. 2009