Inner Truth Became Dismay (Villanelle)

He saw his soul just fade away
beneath his quilt of woven lies
as inner truth became dismay.

Amid the blinding shades of grey
enraged like hate in loathsome eyes,
he watched his essence fade away.

His conscious yearned to join the frey
and strip the mind of kind disguise
as inner truth became dismay.

The truth abandoned light of day
as stunted morals agonize.
He watched his essence fade away.

He bowed his head to deftly pray.
His pain was playing lullabies
as inner truth became dismay.

He knows his life has gone astray,
his heart just bleeds and ossifies.
He watched his essence fade away
as inner truth became dismay.