This Is The First Lie I'Ve Ever Told You Poem by shannon wright

“This is the first lie I’ve ever told you”
The first time caught is always the first lie told.
It sounds much better in the dark.
I ask for your answers but seek my own truth
you make it fit so much better than me.
I offer one hot tear for your lie before I turn to ice.
My numbness is mistaken for strength
accustomed to deceit I make it look easy.
my silence turns you in on yourself and you fold
I can do nothing worse than you can do to yourself.
1-20-08