U live your life behind a veil

of illusion and deception

imagining u were king

in a world of your invention.

U took the rose from off the floor

and laid it softly on the table.

But it was dead, a faded red,

although the thorns were still painful.

U live your life behind a veil

of unfulfilled expectations,

a world of tears, imagined fears

and unrequited conversations.

U took the rose from off the floor

and laid it softly on the table.

But it was dead, a faded red,

although the thorns were still painful.

U live your life behind a veil

of illusion and deception

imagining u were king

in a world of your invention.