Pages - Assemblage 23

I read your mind

But it wasn’t a very interesting read

The plot was contrived

And the characters were too consumed by need

Page by page

Enduring each predictable turn

The paper dissolves beneath my fingers

And the syllables burn

The fairy tale you sell is a lie

But I read the truth behind your eyes

These words just don’t ring true

And tell me all I need to know about you

Edit and revise

Until your conscience was cleared

I tried to read the words that were true

But the ink had smeared

Distorted prose

Penetrating layer by layer

Scrawled down for all the world to see

As if anyone would care

The fairy tale you sell is a lie

But I read the truth behind your eyes

These words just don’t ring true

And tell me all I need to know about you

I read your mind

Suffered through every last detail

I watched you try to make sense of your life

And I watched you fail

The fairy tale you sell is a lie

But I read the truth behind your eyes

These words just don’t ring true

And tell me all I need to know about you