"Liar"

 LIAR

Full eye contact with head tilted “just so”
The words he speaks ring false and hollow
He moves his hand smoothly down her arm
Tries to blind her with his deceitful charm
His veneer appears glossy and smooth
He’s a trickster who distorts the truth
Through a phony wink and cocked eyebrows
He seduces with his empty vows
He manipulates her emotions
By conjuring deceptive notions
He craves her devotion on a whim
As her passion means nothing to him
He’s a con artist, a promoter
He’s barren inside—a pretender.

Copyright 2019 Elizabeth Abrams Chapman

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"A Watched Pot"

 

Water simmers   

on the edge of boiling   
Steam rises to the rim  
swirls with deceptive beauty 
a mist—that scalds and burns   

A few degrees more  

and turbulence erupts    
whirling into blistering instability   
Unrealized outrage   
that seethes and sputters   

A few degrees less   

and danger recedes—    
Gentling back into     
warmth and comfort   

Simmering again on the edge   

 

Copyright 2015 Elizabeth Abrams Chapman

 

"A Family's Spin"

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