By Misti
Date: 2002 Sep 28
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Keeping A Safe Distance

are the layers still there
like a Freudian wall?
do you shed them
when you hear me call?
are you still a lost boy
hiding behind a man?
do you still run out to play
whenever you can?
do you use your illusions
and desperate disguises?
are you easily persuaded
to dabble in compromises?
I know I got you real
I can still see your eyes
and the way they broke me down when
they were full of lies
I saw through it all
I realized the facade
but I was always
too polite to prod