A Beautiful Lie

Tell me a beautiful lie…I’ll believe it because I have to. Find me a corner in which I can cry, for this soul cannot be soothed. Gift me a word of truth that I will never believe. Give me your honesty so I can once more see. A lie is just a truth, wrapped in an enigma inside a box, And I can’t find the key, I need to unlock. The words are misremembered or never understood. Show me your truth and I’ll despise your good. Hand me my life in a basket, I’ll devour your soul. Wrap me in a casket, when I get too old. Punch me with a line, so good that it hurts. Flesh me out of paper parts, and mould me last and first. Give me life or death, for that’s all I have left. Leave me in a mess, alone inside my head. Let me beg and beg, but never forget. The last words are unsaid, until they are the dread. Too weak to fight for a lost cause forever more. Painstaking curiosity, peeking through doors; Looking for a light on, but all the other side is dark. Lift me with your haunting tune my beautiful lark. (C)2022 Aa Harvey. All Rights Reserved.