Keep your distance

Keep your distance

Stay away from me,

Don’t come any closer,

For your illusions may shatter.

Stay distant from me,

And let all things be;

For if you come closer

You will see things

You were never meant to see.

At a distance I may seem spotless,

But on closer inspection you find

I am not exactly unstained.

Closer up you may realize

That my smiling, dopey face

Is half a façade,

Hiding partly what I truly feel.

Come closer and you will see

That my mouth moves,

But not in accord

With my barely concealed thoughts;

And sometimes I must say things

I don’t really mean.

So keep your distance

And keep the illusion intact.