the thing they will tell you
will not be the thing that is
but only what they want
you to think it is.
it will take a long time
and many heartbreaks
before you see this is
how it is when they
begin to tell you
whatever it is they will tell you
they think you will swallow
as though it were something
delicious
but you with true insight will feel
there is something fishy here
some eel, some bottom feeder
lurking below the surface of
these lies.the whole
sea of them.
mary angela douglas
mary angela douglas 14 may 2016
will not be the thing that is
but only what they want
you to think it is.
it will take a long time
and many heartbreaks
before you see this is
how it is when they
begin to tell you
whatever it is they will tell you
they think you will swallow
as though it were something
delicious
but you with true insight will feel
there is something fishy here
some eel, some bottom feeder
lurking below the surface of
these lies.the whole
sea of them.
mary angela douglas
mary angela douglas 14 may 2016
