Safe Place

there is no net to safety

no refuge from pain and horror-shows 

regardless of how you try to sugar coat,

obvious still lives

in spite of oblivious

how could I have been so foolish 

for so long

believing everything would work out just fine

among sunshine and skipping stones,

happiness forevermore

what a lie!

so many agendas

not enough heart

only empty vessels

smiling through their emotions,

masking serious threats

those threats, I've heard them all before

promising never to return

only to come back

one time 

it would be different

truth would prevail

yet, somehow  

reason and reality walked out 

starting again without warning

and I'm back in the same place

times two,

hidden agendas never lie

when finally exposed to the truth...

Reviews

[Corset]

Same, people/lovers will be your friend but have their own secret agendas, they smile at your face as you become witness to a death smile, coworkers, bosses, lovers and even friends who pretend to be friends to steal your husband, it happens, but if it can be stolen away so easily it wasn't worth having in the first place.

[Alisa Js]

Thank you, Kay and Jacob...

Wishing you both a Happy New Year!!

[jacob erin-cilberto]

i had to find a safe place after my last marriage...hidden agendas galore...and oblivious me...

i relate.
j.

[Kay]

This is nicely written! I especially like the lines "obvious still lives/in spite of oblivious" and "only empty vessels/smiling through their emotions,/masking serious threats". The way you split the stanzas goes well with the transition of thought.