True Self

Her smile derived from a discrete task.

Adding a twinkle in watery eyes.

She forgot- put on the troubled kid mask.

Innocence, a second skin for the lies.

Don’t peer beneath the windows of her soul.

You’ll find the cold unbearable to hold.

Though I try I can’t seem to take the toll.

She has no remorse. I try to stay bold.

Life knows she’s a danger, yet helps her through.

When I look at her the fear’s in my veins.

I know her perspective, what she would do.

She hates the world, she says it’s all in vain.

Though I resist in time we will unite.

Two souls, two minds, one body. I can’t fight.