The veil is gone
Though I tried to pretend
Tried to shove the knowing
Behind jaded hope
But I am everything you hate
Nothing more appealing
Than my apparent naivety
Now I live with smiles
While you're willing to take my voice

Disgust boils over as I'm stuck in place
Deep down I see no open doors
And behind me
lies only the clarity of hindsight
Peering through clouds
of rose colored nostalgia
I can't pretend
I want to pretend
Otherwise how can I close my eyes again?
I can only stay with a choked down rage
As we pretend nothing has changed


© M.D. Tucker