Cavernous smile day in, day out

Chuckles stretch on, the eyes stray off

Pride in all purpose, master of all traits

Present yet never there

 

They can’t help but pier in

At the life that shines so bright

Envy? Perchance. Captivated? More likely.

Most see the name, few know the center

 

Hushed voices share stories

Loud voices in unfamiliar tongues

Different halves of one face refusing to stitch together

All stuck behind concrete walls

 

Round and round an imperfect circle

With each rotation, another head rush

It builds stronger all the while cutting deeper

A type of gravity. Just not the safe kind.

 

Spinning. Shouting. Total numbing.

All too familiar as scenes roll on

Aiding hands stretch out in vain

unaware of the pull, oblivious

 

Enough.

 

Weight on two feet, a heavy step

Cavernous smile turned cruel complexion

Knives dig as the cycle breaks

Deeper as the walk continues

 

A paranoid glimpse backward

Confirms painful realities in yellow and red

The circle unchanging, unmoving

Power from outside it’s grasp, eyes turn forward

 

Vision crisp with wool stripped away

Stinging truths told in salted whispers

A return to the noiseless wood

this time for assurance

 

Free from rotation, untouchable

Clarity appears in silence

Painful breaths, but free ones none the less

Unbreakable