smiles so rare for her

not a welcoming face

fear in pale grey eyes

of warmth not a trace

appearances can fool

no semblance of fire

that beneath the skin

makes the mask a liar

stumbled into tinder

my chimney smoking

horned into bonfires

deception is stoking

inner magma outed

slow magnetic glow

mechanic love only

imagination can sow

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epics very scurrilous

but I took them all in,

crazy tales of passion

made mine seem thin

lovers by the dozen,

flights to every shore,

my ups and downs

a comparative bore

the facade collapsed,

your name's phoney,

landlord dropped by

called you Miss Toni

you talk up love but I

know not who you are,

little Miss Nobody or

exotic wandering sta...

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That inner limb was lacking

A sense of right and wrong

Like a pane without glass

A melody without a song

You possessed virtues of sorts,

Were, not by any means, all bad,

Yet I remember you only for

The conscience you never had

Fissures materialised where

The inner self was displayed

Skeletons in your cupboard

Facade aside, were betrayed

Good times...

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