Façade

Façade

We choose the face we show the world

And lose our grace as truth is hurled

Flung far and wide as others take

All our lives we live as fake

The price of love is what you pay

As all your friends you will betray

So we give up goodness sake

As our lives we live as fake

In the end the lie is real

As we forget how others feel

Then another heart will break

As all our lives we live as fake

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Scales

Scales

Surrendering is easier when flesh is not rent

Hearts are harder to bargain

Pain is a price that’s harder to set

 Though it is a fairly active market

Time is valued as losses accrued

Wishes will be stored away

Scales are tipped to the side of the wooed

Love is saved for a rainy day

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A Long Hard Lonely Way

What have I to offer?

I have no skills to bring

Were I to beg or borrow love,

I could refuse it at no price!

My abilities suffer compared to others

I’m not able to sew or mend

My words are that of a school child

I’m not glib by any ken

My riding skills are paltry

My cooking skills are parse

I’m not good with children

My etiquette is farce

If my diction here is faulty

Forgive me if I stray

But my voice is somewhat Country

To the City, it will not stay

So when I leave your side

It’s not for lack of love

It’s simply fear for embarrassment

I’m not the best of company

Who would ever want me

When half the time I cannot speak

The rest remember my own name

Or trip over my own two feet

No one wants the sick girl

The books make it seem glamorous

But if it’s boring everyday crap

It’s just a lot of fuss

So every day I take my medicine

And every day is just the same

One day I’ll finally wake up

And there won’t be any more pain

So what is there to offer?

But a long hard lonely way

It’s mine alone to travel

I think I’ve surpassed my stay

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