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She fell from the skies Couldn't keep floating on the lies Pretending to be What everyone wanted to see An angel with papier-mâché wings She was a Lamborghini riddled with dings But to all she was a hottie Driving around in a stolen Bugatti Saying all the right things in your ear If she couldn't have her way shed a tear All those around her wanted To give her all she desired undaunted None the wiser The next burst from this geyser Could obliterate them all It seemed she would never fall From the clouds she rode Even as her halo no longer glowed Because all were blind None the secret could find But all this caught up to her Only so much could be hidden Behind the sheer gossamer Of their eyes a veil eaten away by lichen Truth be told she was still a breath taker But the joy ride was over for this faker...

Copyright © | Year Posted 2012




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Book: Shattered Sighs