OBSERVATION
sometimes I look at
the lipstick
you smear
carelessly
on your mouth
it is such a vivid red
vivacious, lovely and intense
almost bloody
and you like the
wounded
effect
sometimes I look at
you
you're so vivacious, lovely and intense
creepy and dazzling
such a beautiful boy
but you're almost bloody
just beneath the surface
you conceal it all so well
under that vivid red
thinking no one sees the decay
or the pain
but I do...
...and I don't like the
wounded
effect.
copyright: A Stardust Grrl, 1998