The flash dilates
\nThe truth
\nNarrow eyes down a narrow focus
\nDown a path of brambles
\nThorns tearing flesh
\nNavigating through generational
\nCurses-secrets hidden
\nBehind smiles
\nReleased and captured souls
\nLike fish hooked upon
\nThe lips curling with their facade
\nSmile for the camera
\nAnd capture those “memories”
\nPearly whites don’t
\nAllow entrance to pearly gates
\nOr gain wings of flight
\nThe lines in images blurred
\nDistorted claimed falsehoods
\nSmiles disappear when
\nThe camera drops
\nThe moment of silence prepared
\nThe image they wanted to keep
\nSmile for the camera
\nAdorn yourself in costumes and masks
\nAnd keep to yourself
\nWhat you don’t want others to know
\nShare your soul
\nBare your heart
\nIn a group of “loved ones”
\nWith tainted arms
\nHands holding knives
\nAround shoulders
\nTo plunge between shoulder blades
\n“Love” cuts deep
\nAnd their arms
\nWeighed down by the lead weights
\nof their intentions and hidden agendas
\nOnce their net was cast
\nHook, line, they wanted to sink her
\nSmile for the camera
\nSo they can connsume themselves
\nIn the illusion of
\nOne big happy family
\nIn one flash
\nIt’s gone.
\nThe family dispersed
\nLike dandelion fluff
\nPlanting themselves
\nSix feet under
\nWhere in the dark their demons hide
\nTheir seed buried
\nAnd from their growth
\nA still photograph
\nThe image of themselves
\nThey would kill to keep
\nWhere it’s too dark to see
\nBut in time the light will develop.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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