Empty

Empty words of shallow love
Declared unheard shown to none
Placate insult amid platitudes
Impotent emotions find solace in solicitude

Tangled lies of empty care
Shown unseen declared to all
Band-aid solutions in pretty packages
Frantic fears masked daintily in charity

Do you see the shadows?
As they pass across your eyes?
Do you see the shadows ?
As you engulf me in your lies?

I can see the shadows and they bury you inside.

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