Shield

You can see a fiery stream of delayed concern Scattered carelessly in the emotion In the exaggerated encircling of compassion Shown as false proof in bits of devotion Spontaneous flickers of suspended movements Oblivious to thought or care Briefly promise to abolish the damage imparted Yet never quite honor anything there You question the sequence of disgraceful events With a pleading silent look in your eyes To find yourself under siege by the fiery stream As your honesty discloses their lies Create a severing of ties with the fiery stream By the slightest move of your hand Shunning the counterfeit display of compassion Placing your protective shield in command
Copyright © | Year Posted 2010

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