"A Beautiful Lie"

"A Beautiful Lie"

 

What you have seen

Is such a duplicitous fabrication

The chameleon like camoflague

That protects my jaded heart

 

You think I'm noble & kind

But behind these silicon sentences

Lies a more selfish exaggeration

 

I long not to be in this place

Where the stale smell of mothballs

Mix with the decaying dreams of yesterday

 

I ache to break ties with all I know

And taste the sweet acidic highway

The lonesome tale of pure freedom

 

Solem promises keep me here

A sacred bond forged by she

Who loved me the most

 

In her comfortless winter years

She asked me to shephard her flock

Even as her beautiful spirit rose

Above this barren plain of reality

 

No, I am no (super) hero

Nor am I that courageous

Perhaps it's only raging fear

That keeps me in this stifling place

 

Or could it be misplaced guilt?

That cirumnavigates my conscious

Allowing the disconcerting lies

To fall like leaves at my feet

 

Until the solace of reality

Pours liquid satisfaction

Into my vapid and weary soul

 

I continue walking this path

That is so trodded by my ancestors

Where the death of dreams

Falls like tears from my eyes

 

Kenny L. Mitchell

September 10, 2009

 

Reviews

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Very intense! I would hope this is just the genius in you writing creatively. It was dark but very brilliantly written. Yet a little disturbing. Especially this verse:

You think I'm noble & kind
But behind these silicon sentences
Lies a more selfish exaggeration

I think I know a little about the real Kenny and this is not him. Very CREATIVE PIECE!

[cest la vie]

Kenny,
In a word,"Spectacular". You write such deep, heartfelt pieces that I so enjoy reading.
You think I'm noble & kind
But behind these silicon sentences
Lies a more selfish exaggeration

Powerful lines her. Kudos!!
Lynne