a very profound woman once said 'when someone shows you who they are, believe it' (that was Maya Angelou - for those not in the know)
well you showed me and i couldn't
you showed me again and i wouldn't
and i know that you had to be thinking
what more can i do to show her...
but to me it was all a blur
like when the paint brushes splash
and nothing is really there...
but everyone is clapping and cheering bravo
as if you've created something special, but the canvas may as well be bare
making something out of nothing
just a pretense
trying to make a dollar out of fifteen cents
no one knows the pain and consequense
so again the pretense
trying once more to make a dollar out of fifteen cents...
like they say nothing from nothing leaves nothing
and zero plus zero equals zero
then i tried and i tried to make you my hero
but what i had refused to see
that the hero was within me
because you can only attract what you are
so, now i'm deciding to be a star
because the bottoms just ain't me
it took awhile for me to see
that i can't build you up nor can you me
and so i plant the seeds of the tree
so i can take root and just grow free!
joan charleston
aka
mz luv joanz
moments of sadness
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/pretense-4/
