Little Lie

I chose to tell my Little Lie
To the world, and to a friend –
Just this once – myself I told –
And never more again

I spoke it nonchalantly
Yet – slowly – did exhale
My breathing thin and shallow 
I struggled to inhale

It dropped into the Lap of Time
As if it there belonged
Perfect as the perfect chord
Within the perfect song – 

At first ‘twas held in high regard
By Universal Sign
By Pundit and by Media
The praise was mine – all Mine!

For days I reveled – Revered! –
By throngs and multitudes
High upon my perch I sat
My claim to fame approved –

Though Grace and Fortune smiled on me
My Inner State – Rebelled –
-- Tightropes pale in mock compare
To Nerves so overwhelmed!

And then the sleight unraveled
‘Twas but a Blue Bird’s call
And then the Little Lie I told
With me – in flames – did fall

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