“Fake people have an image to maintain. Real people just don’t care.”
– Author unknown
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Once burned
You flash a grin
My way
I feel my spine
Relax
Slipping farther
From caution I
Slide under your spell
Memory dishes up
In your favor
I feel confidence
Abandon me
As you close in
That split second
Your head turns
Calculating your options
Gratefully my senses return
Your attentions return
In a flash
–
Yet a veil has fallen
Your strengths fade to frailty
Sliding irretrievably from
Possibility
The seas are rich
I am patient
And deep
Your shallow waters
Cannot sustain me
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Bisous,
Léa
poetry, photos and musings oh my! 
Can’t gather the ocean in a thimble…..and once that veil falls, there’s no going back…..
Absolutely! Merci beaucoup Cynthia. It is always nice to get some feedback from you. Léa
So lovely Lea!
Thank you Cindy! x
Another extremely powerful piece Lea,. It feels like these poems are very cleansing for you . This becomes more and more powerful as I read and the ending ties it together perfectly. Love xxx
Merci beaucoup Christine! It is true. I do keep getting stronger. Yet, there are some who are still back there and when I take the words back there, it speaks to them. Love xxx
I admire the way you are working your way through all this, very courageous xxx.
You are too kind. Honestly, it has been a number of years but there are still those out there who are still struggling and that is who it is for. xxx
if we know about our own depths those shallow waters def. cannot contain us any longer… sometimes it takes a while until we’re aware of our own strength
And some of us were slow to learn we were not helpless as we had been programmed. Some never learn. I’ve worked with both and was also a bit on the slow side myself.
I have a good radar for fake people and I might not say anything to anyone else but will be on my guard if I sense a shallow soul around me. Love this piece Lea, very original and clever.
Kath, that doesn’t surprise me a bit! Thank you for your comments.
Life is too short to pretend! This was a real, honest, gritty write Lea, I felt like it came from the core of your soul. You have enough guts for ten people! Fabulous piece 🙂 xx
Merci beaucoup Becka! You are so sweet. Like a well known writer once said, “Writing is easy. I just sit at the typewriter and bleed.” – Ernest Hemingway 🙂 xx