Unreeling paradise
Swallowed up
Basking  
In shallow waters

A slave to
The wrong spaces
What I could never acquire

A truce between us

Very unrealistic
A frame
Without a picture empty

The sirens
Like hurricanes
They ignited

My vanity
That simply
Didn’t function well

What exactly was I seeing

I’d rather not recall
My insecurities
Got the best of me

Picked at me separated
Like a fiddle
A better standard

Way of life was purely a lie

Viewpoints quickly slid
Interpretations differed
Never were a true match

What I conceived
In my thoughts
Seemed unattainable

Never saw the light of the sun
Dangling
Hopes and dreams

In front of my face
Like a bribe
Only to watch them fizzle

Below in my wishing well

I felt more like a marionette  
Trapped in the shadows
That wouldn’t

Take a break let up

Insecure for a lifetime
Reeling
Scared to be

Wishing for a memory
That I could somehow hold dear