Seams

Many lives hidden
many lives undone
at the seams
of life’s great big coat
strings unraveled
one by one
by promises kept
and secrets hidden
a fall from grace
a last insult
as you sit in your tower
and watch the world through
rose coloured glasses
haughty
supercilious
pompous-
how quickly you forgot
black book hidden
history repeats
and repeats
not to be forgot
no matter how deeply buried
rose coloured glasses
eventually break
and through the cracks-
you'll see what everyone else does