Poetry Starts: At What Cost

At What Cost

Laughter around me

The cost too high

Smiles abound

Truth hidden

What is in plain sight

Shines in false eyes

A moment to forget

A lifetime regret

It is not my wish to not laugh

To not be joy-filled

A quiet smile of heart felt happy

Will forever outweigh

Fake’s price
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 What is Poetry Starts?

…poems and prose from now back to teen years
…remembering a first writing love
…pumping the creative well yet again
…silencing the internal critic