Murky Dance

Conscientious to dormant noise
the kernel of certainty in timbre expressed
as we waltz to the sunless sway
The ballet polished,
desire hushed and tied
logic laundered aside
promising our devotion to the ropes
Our naiveté ever-magnified
     
Contaminated hands lead the dance
We’re ensnared in chaotic cadence
still we stage the expo of our truth on charade status
and twirl to a dissonant system

We approve the dirty tacks fed
Mendacity whet to drain us mute
silent from the burn of agony
impudence engaged in vain
Any efforts to vacate the masquerade,
ghostly covered up,
presuming our significance –we dance to heartless music