"The Show"

What you see isn't real.

Nor what you hear.

Or what you feel.

The way I smile

the way I say that

the way I look at you

the way I touch you

the way, the way, THE WAY--

It's all a mask

an act.

And you're falling for it!

I mean of course you are, it's so perfectly designed.

Flawless victory, I win again.

And you've failed miserably.

Because you never learn.

Now the mask is off

and its yours truly

and suddenly you're awake.

The fairy-tale's over.

I'll show myself out.

- m.w.