Face Value

Shall I begin with being a whisper lost in the wind
I am nothing as I don't applause with the crowd
behind a veneer of elegance life secret buried deep
I confess to the weightlessness of my existence

believe me, there are stories I dare not begin to tell
I am burdened with regrets sorrows and griefs
they are waiting to be told, eager for the spill
I hold on tightly to sanity as I narrow them in verses

Believe me when I say I am the unspoken desires
by them who dance at the mouth of the abyss
where dreams flicker with attractions of distant fires
serving up elixirs as shadows of promises flirts

Don't take me for who you believe I am
I am the ghost of a dance in shadows flickering
 and wafting with promises of sweet cohesion
as putty bubble gums chewed thoroughly

You see, I am a folded piece of paper
my secrets stay within forever untold
you may dance in my arms with abandon
but the ballroom of my heart is closed

there's nothing to tell and nothing to show
I will close this verses expecting no encore