too convincing

the letters of my fantasy
or my doom,
spill out upon a yellowed page
accompanying the heady beating of my chest
as cold sweat and a halo of gloom

as I stare into those eyes of love
deceitful and betrayed

we both have cause to feel suspect
suspicious friends
suspicious dialect
each waxy drip of truth smears dark
sealing my fate, my coffin lies erect

sealed in the cold, dead ground
deceitful and betrayed

heart up, soul down
refreshed, clear, deep underground
to stare oneself down, disbelieving
choke, gobble, while vomiting

releasing but a flash of light
as I stare into those eyes of love

here is a devil who comes out the other side,
a patronising grin receives each smudge
a brotherly hand touches shoulder and cries
the hawk-eyed mute led by the blind

who consents and shuts his lids
sealed in the cold, dead ground

not knowing if it's the fall he feels
or his ascent towards his princess' hand
to be wrapped in rapture, and hide his smile
to shed those glowing tears of pride

who consents and shuts his lids
releasing but a flash of light
as I stare into those eyes of love
deceitful and betrayed