Monday, September 28, 2009

Snake Eyes


Insidious creeping thing
Your hand of friendship
Snaked out at me
Seductive and appealing
I took it believing
Happy to be led

But there were limits
I did not see
Smiles that hid boxes
Where you keep
The unforgiven

Their perceived slight
Remains unknown to them
All they saw
Were your eyes
And your smile

They believed as I did
That your friendship
Was something more
Misguided and misled
They as I
Whimper in their anguish

What have we done
What have I done


Published in the September Edition of "Rattlesnake Review", a literary magazine out of Northern California.

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