Automatic Black
Eyeliner
Eyeliner
and
Sodium Nights
In the distance she heard a man discussing with another man...a woman they both dreamt they had a relationship with--the woman caught up between the two men--not caught up at all. they were asleep dreaming;she was awake...they wanted her to sleep but she stood alone between two worlds of her own.
she was in the clear state
she
the artist
she
the conformist
both fighting to exist within
automatic eyeliner pencil
sodium lights on the billboard
so much light
a
sin
a place where personal memories
blur and bleed into
fantasy
not hers but theirs
and
she was in the clear state
so much light within
imagination
shapes
experience
they thought they
had injected truth serum
into her imaginary veins
with lies
like rabbits
there were strange ideas on the screen
thinking
I'm not trying to pressure YOU
I'm not pressuring YOU
pressure YOU not
Two of three inside
the sender
the receiver
one
the sun
the shadows
how they cast their net of lies
lies like fireflies
they lived in
back room deals
and
seedy alley-ways
they called gold
and their mirror had not been broken
it just broke their heart of soul
and this is what they knew of
their hearts
only one
that should die in the fire
and of the one they could never have
to her their sleep was the liar
....
for she loved
and
winters garden shattered
and here she I stand
....
nine
and
eleven lined
calico
nights
LOVE IS AN ANGEL
and
YOU
have the right
to
remain
.......
silent
Words©Wendy Rose Watson
