inkblot stains paper
into backlit shadows of pain
laughing in sunlit nightmares
that look like smiles
and feel like the
lies your mama told you

a prtty smile hides
sinister truths ruling
blades in double-edged denial
where nothing is everything
you meant it to be
when you thought you didn’t care

words leak unseen
in feelings unknown
love screams in
FU deafening silence
as shadows fill spaces
marked for some kind of joy

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