Insidious

Watch that sly craft In a fake chance, Watch the odd draft Void in shrewd glance. Look up to see That shift of smile, Note what may be The mask that styles. Sense that vain stare That waits to slay, In touch laid bare To wreck your play. Watch how pain waits To break your stride, Feel how dire straits Courts empty pride. Come to know truth That calls to you, Glimpse how clear proof Lives what you do. Seize the firm peer That mad hides bad, Be not blind here Lest joy turns sad. Leon Enriquez 15 June 2017 Singapore