Yearning

Caricature conformity masks

sculpted in reliance's deformed reality,

founts of control's indigo desires

seep and bubble through one's vision

pouring out restraint's chill

in hopes of cooling

craving's searing geyser

simmering in the soul

and waiting to erupt over the mind's eye

with fiery yellow selfishness streams

and crimson ire.

 

Suppressing aura of inner clarity,

pretending to shoot the beast

clawing at insides,

face contorts sincerity

using tales that dance with tongue excuses,

praying the slight of lips magic

will work a miracle

to fill the bottomless pit

where dreams are sucked and never lived.

 

Raising the mask

covered in sweat of longing

while waving white lie banner of truce

hoping the enemy will surrender

even though

they have one's own face.