Attracted to silence; correcting the flaws
where will is diminished in futile applause.
The jesters are dancing in tune with decline -
restrictions draw borders when failures combine.
Corrupted perfections set voids in collapse
where muted disguises and masks do not last.
Mirrored imperfections are set in default
as valient virtues surrender to fault.
Deception increases when vision steps back,
collecting remembrance in heartless attack.
Reflection outnumbers exalted intents
and solo self-judging brings sudden descent.
Sheer fragments are fractured; tear soul from the bone
when single conclusions leave us all alone.
Successes then stagger; talent is denied:
the choice is then chosen - to live or to lie.
But that has backfired and left incomplete
when feelings were shattered, repeating defeat.
A prick of the eyelash as wishes are snatched -
succumbed to seclusion, forever attached.
Deceit is secreted as conscience free-falls -
affection rejected, not needed at all.
The mind lives in playback, reliance receedes
and I falter, broken, refusing to breathe.
Bronze trophy winner
Silver trophy winner
Gold trophy winner
Adding your comment:
Maria 
There's a lot of this I feel I can relate to right now...maybe not the poem as a whole, but many of the individual lines. This is my favorite kind of poetry from you, and an excellent job you've done. I do have a question about one line...
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