Unwanted

Unwanted

I see you, the reflection of me reflecting
back what I don't want to see
You said we'd be different yet,
here we are and still you are here as me
The mirror of us I wish was broken
and cracked enough to warp vision
Release us from the hell we have been,
locked deep inside us as prison

Look at them as they travel
in their pretty clothes and expensive cars
On the way to places that only those
with the means can ever pass
To enjoy the company of the few with plenty
and the many who dream
Behind the velvet ropes of desire,
the desirable and the desired beam

To be one or perhaps one of the two,
seen but unseen as crowds await
Clawing and pawing for a piece of us,
with arms and face crushed at gate
Out of reach for all but a few
but that few can never again like before be
In the hands of the self, as now
the public is the owner of you and of me

It was a trade to become one of the high,
on pedestals we would arise
Given place of pride and jealousy
by those who placed yet wanted prize
White lines and glowing teeth,
short skirts and smiles traversing the deck
The velvet of the ropes of desire
are now desired as a noose around neck.

Taraz
[ a Steem original ]