The Facade

The illusion is real
created so well
pulled into place from the years of hell

After the pain
when the numbness..
became the feeling that reigned

The creation developed
from what all that remained
A reflection.. A beating heart
A soul that lived
Breathed Desire
Had to survive..

If all that was left
was to hide...
Behind The Façade.
At least...
it was life.

@s.vanderbilt 10.7.2017

Watching the It Unfold

There's a title that represents..
The "It"..
All wrapped into all the little quirks
The silent little differences,
things that seemed to go unnoticed at first.

Nearly half a century and so many memories
Stories by the thousands can flash through a mind..
Telling of all the images It captured or created
Affected in the souls life.

But will there ever be a way to take it back?
No, and there's no way to reclaim It either.
For those who it has been given to must now
Unravel and unfold all the little quirks in their own lives.

It will be a rollercoaster,
The ups the downs ... the lows and highs.
the fear, the laughter, the chaos of the mind.
For no one bothered to inform..
No one thought it wise.. to advise.

That the It that touched their life..
Was a legacy that they would give away.
A piece of the story that would never die.
The battles within the soul and mind that it created...
Would unfold.. Generation upon Generation.

It would be the haunting secret kept...
until the next one crumbled and someone was left...

Watching the It unfold.

@s.vanderbilt 10.8.2017

Heart or Me

Created from years of emotion
A life of illusion and disillusion
Able to weave the trails to safety
The mind is what saves this human
Yet the soul understands the unseen
The hearts breaks to the physical pain
Silently... choking to breath
This human fights to remain...
Sane.

Grasping so desperately to believe in
The Satu...
The Fairytale of this lifetime
Please, oh please don't let this just be a dream.

@s.vanderbilt 8.17.2017