liar (the only true you ever knew)

liar (the only true you ever knew)

“Mendacity is a system that we live in.”
―Brick in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Tennessee Williams

i am a liar

this is a lie

i am all mask

and misdirection

but only as a present

for you

and you

and you

and you and you

‘tis the season?

then, yes, more lies

deeper and deeper lies

in red foil and green bows

yet there is one thing true

and more complicated

i cannot tell you when it began

when truth turned to lie

and merged as one

when my heart had become

only yours and always yours

and i had to lie to prove

how deep you are buried there

like a flag waving above the spot

of the only true you ever knew

i am a liar

this is a lie

feel my hand reaching out?

maybe this is all i should have offered