the various shades
of life’s estrangement
textured for deception
in faded rusty colors
drenched in candle-light
and tucked in the comfort
of anticipation
the chemistry of a desire
staged unwittingly
to trap itself
in its own illusion
sensitive to disclosure
we keep ourselves
unavoidably protected
from the truth
basking in the fragments
of distraction
the spectrum
of our pitiful emptiness
conceals itself
with the tid-bits
of consolation
chasing happiness
with the blindness
of our reason