Watchful, caring eyes
Loving in disguise
A smiling face.
A tender embrace.
Confusing a touch.
Asking for too much.
A torn heart in pain.
Life's lonely again.

One by one images come to me
In clear, unabated clarity:
Images of fun and gaiety
With those of pain and depravity.
Scenes of such blissful adoration
Once produced excited sensation.
Times filled with such painful frustration
Rendered feelings of decimation.