the mind's recesses

Take Of Your Damn Mask

Pull me apart.
Oh! how deadly you are!
Like a damn storm -
That's what you believe.

You're pretending
To be a god or something.
It makes me sick;
You make me sick.

Your pretentious gaze
And smug smile.
You're condescending,
And yet you're so weak.

You're nothing but
A bloody facade.
Take off your damn mask:
There's no point in it.

You think you're swathed
In satin perfection.
You think I can't see it.
You think I don't know it's there.

Are you truly powerful?
Pull me apart.
If you think your strength is limitless
Then show me.

I see you in the way
Your hand clenches,
And your teeth stutter
For just a second.

I see you in my mirror.
You look at me with similar eyes
To my own -
Your mouth is feeble.

I see you in my reflection.
Don't believe I noticed you
For any real reason.
You're just another mime.

And yet - and yet -
Your smile (when it's not smug)
Is the most beautiful thing
In my pretentious life.

And when you look at me
With those pretentiously lovely eyes,
I can feel myself being
Pulled apart.