I Was Mistaken

I was mistaken to think that your smile was real It was absurd to think that you’d feel Think that you’d see Think that you’d be Any different from her but she Was given the chance and she failed You never had the chance cause From the beginning I could tell I was mistaken about who I thought you were A disguise, a spy, but did it ever occur That you would one day be found That a day would come when all would be out To be viewed and seen by the least of us Melancholy tones escape from your lips A despondent look from the sounds of the brook You deceive me? No never that You fooled yourself And left yourself With nothing but yourself And as you crash back into reality And open your eyes to the stark visibility Of your transparency You feel nude and cover with fig leaves But eventually…