Tricks

One hides himself with magic tricks

            Another with logic and shapes

She keeps her voice fast so that

            Her cover will not break

He’s alone and crowds gather in the gaps

            Facts prove the world is sane

Her father died and not yet

            Has she forgotten the pain

The world is harsh to those of skin

            So to armor it turns hard

But all it takes is eyes and ears

            To shatter the walls to shards

A card will slip from his deck

            A fact will prove untrue

A word escapes and makes her stutter

            Vulnerability suddenly made new

The world will learn and it will judge

            Their armor shall rust away

But what will remain of the broken worlds

            That behind their walls, decay?

She writes to hide the truth of things

            And to make the bitter sweet

But Truth remains in words of lead

            That renders lies obsolete


by Megan