Vanity

Gaze is hidden in shadows
Shimmering off a shallow sea
Eyes cannot avert
Like honey on the tongue
Hard candy sucked to a sheen
Warm flow covering a gravelly bottom 
Cannot soften the core 
Vanity is all that is offered
Copyright © | Year Posted 2015

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