periodic night sweats

And we breathe

With forced inhalation

this invisible glameaur,

we live on false pretenses.

This untruth that we exhale

To all who will listen

Shades our lives colors

Such as beige or mauve,

As in-between as we prove to be.

Though our sleeping vigilant thoughts

Reign on in stormy black & white,

We realise technicolor shadows remain

As we wake

In periodic night sweats.

emma

9/01