I thought 
I knew your face
I thought it to be true
I thought it to be real
I thought it to be you

That was
until
one day
your face showed a crack

First
I thought 
It might be a 
cut
so deep
to dark flesh

But then
I saw
out of the corner of my eye
as you switched faces

First
I did not understand
for quite some time

I was stunned
shocked
as cracks deepened
everytime we talked

One day
I saw you drop the mask
when you tried to switch
to another

For a second
I saw
a snake
coiled around the void

Shellshocked
I did not realize
for quite some time

But what I had wittnessed
unwittingly
appeared to be
my
mortal crime

Punishable by death
of spirit

I never knew the pain
of that poison

It hurt
like a fire
slow
but white hot
hollowing me
from inside out
all the while
I froze do death
from outside

You 
put your mask back on
your favorite one
the healer
and turned
away
while I
died

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October, 13, 2020