Puppet Tears
For puppets never see the strings
their lifetimes scenes played out on stage
reflected in the viewers eyes
their lives and deaths a curtain call.
No sunrise ever greets their day
for puppets never see the strings
of lifetimes lived upon the stage
of flowerless and saddened plays.
No moonlit shadows follow them
through sleepless dreams of dancing feet
for puppets never see the strings
nor feel a heart breaks stirring sting.
Upon the stage they laugh, they cry
and bear the burden of the fate
of lifetimes lived upon the stage
for puppets never see the strings.
John G. Lawless
©10/21/2021
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