566 : Smoke & Mirrors

Sunday Whirl (Wordle #116) presents a list of words

that we must incorporate in a writing piece.  

The words this week are:  

voices, impossible, scare, climb, risk, listen,

where, smoke, happens, pressure, might, orders

Smoke & Mirrors

The voices in the night,

Nagging, 

Teasing,

Hinting at what might 

Or might not, 

Happen.

It is impossible

Not to listen,

Not to succumb to the pressure 

Of the ceaseless 

Chattering.

And then, 

Come the morning,

Come the dawning of the day,

The light does not scare them away.

They still linger, 

Nagging,

Teasing, 

As you drive, 

As you climb the stairs or 

Almost anywhere.

They catch you unawares.

Ambush you.  

Scare you.

Order you to listen

As if they are the only ones 

That matter.

There is no smoke 

Without fire,

Or so they say, 

But in this fragmented

Kaleidoscope of the fanciful,

There is a risk that you 

Are just fighting

Smoke and mirrors.

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© J Cosmo Newbery 2013

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