Mercury Rising

She lied to herself

Until it became truth.

Bottled up the rage

Pretended she wasn't deranged...

But words on twisted tongues

have an insidious way

Of exposing themselves

When one least expects it.

She lies

Justifies

In her reflection

Stares into the hollow sockets

Of her tunnel vision.

Tries to find something

In her eyes,

That resembles anything familiar

Or human.

Searches for the secrets

Buried in the deep.

The gridlock sets in,

The iron gate lowers itself,

And the chance is gone

To know herself.

Boundaries sets in place,

An invisible barometer guages

The danger of the pressure.