Camouflage

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life

a woman of the eighties
the arts you used to take up
so sophisticated, you
spoiled your look with make up
whenever we went out
it had to be furs and black tie
wrapped in your plastic world
always living a lie

you were an illusion
something to see
nothing to feel
just an illusion
a teaser of emotions
and nothing about you was real

i saw something that wasn't there
a mirage
vanishing into thin air
and it's now that i recall
it was never there at all
just camouflage...

maybe it comes down to
a lesson you once learned
now, you're the fire
and no longer will you be burned
but it was there for the taking
a package wrapped so nice
so i stretched out my hand
not even thinking twice

but everything you offered
had a cruel twist
reaching for yor love
i clutched just evening mist
and like a jealous child a play
you took your love away
and it's now that i recall
that it was never really there
at all

camouflage

a cold
icy wind...