A beautiful lie

A beautiful lie

Tell me a beautiful lie…I’ll believe it because I have to.

Find me a corner in which I can cry, for this soul cannot be soothed.

Gift me a word of truth that I will never believe.

Give me your honesty so I can once more see.

A lie is just a truth, wrapped in an enigma inside a box,

And I can’t find the key, I need to unlock.

The words are misremembered or never understood.

Show me your truth and I’ll despise your good.

Hand me my life in a basket, I’ll devour your soul.

Wrap me in a casket, when I get too old.

Punch me with a line, so good that it hurts.

Flesh me out of paper parts, and mould me last and first.

Give me life or death, for that’s all I have left.

Leave me in a mess, alone inside my head.

Let me beg and beg, but never forget.

The last words are unsaid, until they are the dread.

Too weak to fight for a lost cause forever more.

Painstaking curiosity, peeking through doors;

Looking for a light on, but all the other side is dark.

Lift me with your haunting tune my beautiful lark.

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