LAKE OF GLASS

She presented herself 

Like a lake of glass

Surface-perfect and pristine

Never would have guessed 

The mire and the mess

That lay-in-waiting underneath

It came from down below

And it grabbed a hold

I was thrashing just to catch my breath

The lake of glass 

Became a churning mass

Dragging me to the brink of death

I fought to stay alive

I wanted to survive

I clawed my way onto a bank of grass

Vowed to never fall for,

Be consumed, or crawl for

A woman like a lake of glass

~~~*Chorus*~~~

Yeah… 

I survived the deception

Of painted perfection

Didn't see the signs of her decay

Layer by layer

Not a glimpse until

The final one was stripped away

I was mistaken

She wasn't gold, but brass

A tempest, not a lake of glass

~~*~~

Still see the pure image 

That is reflected

From dreaming to wide awake

Oh, and it still feels 

So alive and real

My dreams don't offer an escape

I have to wonder why 

In the moonlit sky

Out of every star that shines

The one I chose for me 

It just had to be

The fallacy that I've described

~~~*Lyrical Bridge*~~~

Some may wonder now…what the outcome was

Did he survive…what came to pass

I was the cyclone...the raging storm

That forged a river through the lake of glass

Yeah….I conquered the pretender…

Stripped away her mask

And forged a river through the lake of glass…

~~*~~

~~~*Chorus*~~~

Yeah… 

I survived the deception

Of painted perfection

Didn't see the signs of her decay

Layer by layer

Not a glimpse until

The final one was stripped away

I was mistaken

She wasn't gold, but brass

A tempest, not a lake of glass

~~*~~

Teresa Lynn Johnson
Wrdspnr@aol.com
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