Love’s Masquerade

love's masquerade

I tasted love’s promise on parched lips
I rejected truth my eyes could not see
and even as betrayal sank cold on my tender skin
I refuted the portrait renegade emotions painted

Ah, love’s masquerade
I danced with a broken heart

When the world stopped spinning
and that music stopped
I heard a new tune
I smelled the promise of more

out there, somewhere

As I vetoed the pull of the imposter
and found the future unmasked
love’s promise tasted sweet
Wrapped in swathes of red on a blank canvas



photo: Pixabay
prompt: #OctPoWriMo – Day 5

5 thoughts on “Love’s Masquerade

      1. Oh it was an interesting write for me. I started off writing a thank you letter to the Slasher Monster Magazine, for a prize I had received for a poem I’d sent to them. The prize was the Mask, which is the featured photo, but somehow I ended up writing the poem and a thank you note 😊😉

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