

Every relationship begins with initial deception,
something that is borne from limited perception
At times intentional, others by chance
As we change our outer selves to fit circumstance
A mask is what we meet and take as a soul
but it takes time sometimes never to know someone whole
and often the deception is self-wrought
making out others to be what we have sought
Initial encounters are little more than plays
as we the actors practice our thespian ways
With clocks passing we can only hope to discover
something that is honest about each other.
(i do not know what it is about you that closes
and opens;only something in me understands
the voice of your eyes is deeper than all roses)
nobody,not even the rain,has such small hands
