Don't Smudge the Glass

by artmusicjoy

Weiss looks out a window and longs for more than a not so picture perfect life. A poem idea I had at midnight.

A towering abode poised above all

A fresh white exterior dares not dull in the daylight

Pale white in the moonlight

Matching snow in name and color

Cold, like the marble steps and tile floors, is the

More house than home

A less than perfect partnership

The heiress stares out her window at the scene below

But who would dare look up at those so posh?

All she sees is her likeness staring back at her

The manor's future majesty, drowned in others' vanity

But oh to see past herself and this perfect picture constructed around her

Any closer to the glass and her image fades, and she sees past her barricade,

and herself more clearly in a world just outside her reach

As her reflection wanes, the world comes into focus

Oh the truth of it all

It is no pristine place as this, nor wasted world as she was told

There was far more to see and explore outside these white walls

True humanity and humility to replace propriety and pride

Where mistakes are the start of growth and not disgrace

A voice cuts through her thoughts as a blade cold enough to scald

Don't smudge the glass…