take and give a look like the sum

of loving grace and survival

beyond the absolute resolve

of portrait perfect mortal souls

daughters starve their waistlines

building a reputation beyond disguise

and painting black lucid dreams with open legs

notice me i see you breaking stride

you dance diversions and prototypes

you pull so close to mercy

excessive touch and steady looks to charm

be chased until you mastermind your own demise

tear away the sheets

you breathe from coma

open to the curse we live to sever

portray a life to close the portals

to the ones bent on betrayal

the universe is shaping

ample space depleting

caught low in distress

on impulse to control