my sanity

cover and shield

I was so happy to see him again

though I was more than a little confused

he had told me he was doing so well

beginning to think it was a ruse

the eyes looked beaten and aged

the smile was so sad and forced

the words were loose and unstrung

like a ship that had lost its course

I could tell that he had been lying

though he tried to cover and shield

the body language was scabbed

like a wound trying to heal

I finally could take no more

as I bid him a final goodbye

and turned away from the mirror

fell to the floor and cried