For Show

Published on by Susi Bocks

Redux

Elijah O’Donnell – Unsplash

cut flowers
damaged to project perfection

eventually, they’ll die
it’s not natural to live in glass

we were both cut in youth
damaged to project perfection

outside showed one thing
inside was a mess

both of us broken people
trying to get it right

hard knocks
every one a lesson

forced smiles
pressured lives

hard to bloom
when defeat is all you know

Originally posted 11/26/2018 on I Write Her.

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