Truth in lies

Truth in Lies

There are lies told like truth
it’s in me as it is in you
a smile without mirth
a chain without a clasp

No way to hang such a thing
but I dangle, feet kicking
choking
sobbing
the breath wrenched from me

tongue protruding from slack lips
as if to lick the froth of ice from them
no matter…
no matter

my tired little life spent wishing
fishing for something bigger

there’s always a story to tell
bigger and bigger
but there is no truth in that
only a dream
like me

I am true,
the dream of the dreamer,
the wish wished
the prayer answered
…but what of you?