magenta stains
upon jet-black
soothed by amethyst skies
...
all of my life
I've been assured
that so-and-so
this person that person
...
the so-called 'friends'
the so-called 'family'
this life full of lies
...
I need to demonstrate a skill.
None of my poems fit the bill.
...
I felt real again
briefly
in touch and part of this world
when optimism dropped in
...