City of Glass

Upon the ashes of war, we built our city of glass –

Transparent and beautiful, light reveling free

With see-through walls and see-through doors

To strip secrets bare, exposed all to see 

Rainbows bounding in light, endless and more

With the royalty’s signature, counting decrees

We turned home into a hawk eyes watching

With little glass grass and shining glass trees

They said lies had initially torn us apart;

Things we kept hidden had caused us the war -

No privacy; goodbye nurtured rebellion,

Clear sight of all allowed orders restore

Upon the city, of all could see through

least to those close, unmarred in our eyes

but of some things we wished to un-see,

Of the ugly in all, no wretched disguise

When the light bounced it soon burned

Yet in the distance became distorted

The castle towers beaming far far away -

Images unknown contorted

Hardened clear logic lacks empathy;

We melded skin into paper see-through

And in the mirage built on this land

Our heart began to turn glassy, too.

Saturated and devoid of color,

It’s a gorgeous city skyline sight

But it’s oh so very cold here now

And our eyes burn from the light

We see everything that doesn’t matter

Yet of insight importance we lack

So do us a favor and take that hammer,

Smash us to dust with a shatter, crack