Smiles—
masks worn to hide empty souls
Hugs—
embraces feigning loving devotion
Laughter—
covers of shrill condemnation and lies
Closeness—
disguises of endless discord
Piety—
prayers smugly offered for self-adulation
Family—
actors preforming prescribed scripts
Copyright 2011 Elizabeth Abrams Chapman
Leaves; floating, blowing, downward, drifting - every lovely hue. Like the leaves, so are the patterns of your mind. Eloquent words that leak on your page.
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