White
For Ellie Hoovs' Wonderland Challenge - Day 20
These precious pearls
Hang around my neck
Like a thoughtful gift
One that would blind
My pure fragile eyes
With a radiant white shine
Strong enough
To exude the charm
Clever enough
To hide the harm
The power
Of your tongue
Yet those pearls
Are the product
Of your deception
The layered lies
Coated carefully
Into something
Cured beautifully
Pulled tight
Across my throat
Until I gasp
For the slipping air
Beneath your trap
I snap the string
Your pearls scatter
No longer haunted
The illusions shatter
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Ellie's Wonderland Challenge Prompt - Day 20
About the Creator
Alyssa Musso
A scientist by trade, but a creative at heart. One novel in progress with too many other ideas taking up space in my head. Some of those ideas end up here.
Instagram: @alyssa.n.mussowrites
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