Mistress Of Deception
You can’t fall off
the middle
Direction
yours to choose
Which way conceals
your downfall
Which way
awaits the Muse
The center offers
safety
Encircled
in the flow
Whose currents
hide a Siren
Enticing
— you below
(Dreamsleep: January, 2025)
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Explores philosophical choice and fate, grounded in personal struggle.
Multiple interconnected ideas: choice, danger, safety, temptation across eight lines.
Dark undertones of downfall, entrapment, and Siren danger dominate tone.
Tense, propulsive language with em-dashes and enjambment create momentum.
Eight lines; falls within micro-to-short spectrum (1-15 range).
Rich metaphors (Muse, Siren), personification (current hides), allusions throughout.
Internal lyric voice addressing reader directly; minimal dramatic distance.
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