From Far Away

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Photo by Bruce Turner

 Everything looks perfect  
from far away
 get too close 
you begin to see
 the imperfections
 the truth beneath the illusion
 what looks like a gift
 just might be a curse
 under the pretty wrapping.  

We paint ourselves as angels
 but we can’t hide
 the monsters within. 
Lying to everybody 
fooling no one
 but ourselves
 always seeking approval 
yet we find only shame.
  
They say that the
 ’truth will set you free’
 but they never think
 to mention that it sets us
 free from the
 cage we locked ourselves in
 the one we painted gold 
so that when someone
 looks at it from a far
 it seems to be a haven
 but looks can be deceiving.