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Deceit wears a Janus face;

its self veiled in angelic façade

whose fixed smile

is magnetized mesmerism;

Unhappiness breeds contempt

teasing innocence

into its woven web of misery;

Morality, not favored nor desired,

decayed in the cocooned cell

created in the web’s confining labyrinth;

Compassion, a stranger of instinct,

has failed to be learned—Suffering relieved

only by that of others—What greater healing

than injecting such on those once loved?

Bereft of reasoning, misery seeks misery

and forgiveness remains an elusive discovery;

tears, an unemotional exhaust of afterthought;

leaving a dry mirroring sheen—Cracked.

Cracked and washed away with morning shower.

How long before the reservoir of grief

runs dry;

and the cistern of love overflows?

Pray tell…