hubris is deadly
yet you wore it like armor
yet you wore it like armor
Truly?
For a moment, I recognize I can be anyone. I owe her no truth, no actuality. And so I turn with my old charm, my eyes bright, and say: “No, I am only joking. Although I know of those who live in the sea—“ I know I sound as if I may add more, and yet, I refrain. The sentence ends lamely, and I glance past the pegasus to the tumbling waves.
The lie tastes like nothing. I expect it to be bitter; instead, it seems gray, lackluster. I live in the sea, but the water will never be my home.
I am Willoughby, sir.. I nod, politely. “Vercingtorix.”
For a long moment, I say nothing; instead I step forward, ever forward, and try not to let my mind be drawn into the tumbling surf. “Are you a wanderer, here?”
For a moment, I recognize I can be anyone. I owe her no truth, no actuality. And so I turn with my old charm, my eyes bright, and say: “No, I am only joking. Although I know of those who live in the sea—“ I know I sound as if I may add more, and yet, I refrain. The sentence ends lamely, and I glance past the pegasus to the tumbling waves.
The lie tastes like nothing. I expect it to be bitter; instead, it seems gray, lackluster. I live in the sea, but the water will never be my home.
I am Willoughby, sir.. I nod, politely. “Vercingtorix.”
For a long moment, I say nothing; instead I step forward, ever forward, and try not to let my mind be drawn into the tumbling surf. “Are you a wanderer, here?”
