Pretence

when the shadows 

of his thoughts

show themselves to him

he thinks it is nothing more

than an upset of the heart

as he pretends not to feel

the air his hands hold

move

where again it is

the love once there

growing

until he no more

in his burst of pretence

can ignore it's gone

something

he had not been aware of

'cause pretence is a solution

for a sanity to remain sane

when everything else

has become 

an intolerable madness

as his pretence became

the only game in town

the shadows of his thoughts

now show themselves to him

asking him why he thinks

it is nothing more than

an upset of the heart

as his pretence in the end

is the only thing

that will not make him win

it will be common sense

that will rescue

and make him laugh again

(c) JR. 2023