Under No False Pretense

Tue, 01/20/2015 - 15:15 -- RaeLani

Without the sunshine light

And the pearly whites

Down beneath the powder

And the paint

Around the high fashion tights

And the high heeled stripes

There lives a beginner

 

Walking with no stereotypes

Under hard covered rays

With no eyes of judgment

On the steps of the parliament gate

Hair swept in to particular way

To erase the fascist shades

There lives a challenge

 

Cautious eyes

Paranoid lies

Unkept beds

Precarious friends

No light, no feeling

No right, no weeping

There lives a brave

 

Beyond the cliffs

Beyond the walls

Past the rocks

Past the falls

Behind the fame

Behind the drain

There lives a child

 

Take away the frame

Take away the blame

Part with the covers

Part with the lovers

Reveal the you

Reveal what's true

There lives a warrior

 

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