By Courtney
Date: 2002 Feb 04
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Shades

The truth behind you
shades its face-
disguised by colors of
the rainbow,
but betrayed by the
thunder before the storm.
It hides there-
behind your eyes
in the corners of your smile
dormant by day
raging at night
when you're alone with
your shadows
and the misery you etched
into your skin-
your release
relief
from what you cover
with your blanket of denial-
The outside world
that shakes your bones
with anger.
As if you could cut out
the damage ingrained...
I traced those marks with
security-
fingerprints of my acceptance
over your marks of shame
Nothing but scars
almost invisible to the eye
but trusted to my heart.