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Magnolia Walls
by Rick Bonner
Magnolia walls stand to impassive attention,
Observing in silence each jealous intention.
The past has been painted with a clinical sheen,
Concealing lives that are not what they seems.
Smiles at the party playing host to their friends,
The perfect example of a love that never ends?
Dancing the tango, they rise to the occasion,
While onlookers gasp, 'They're such a sensation!'
Magnolia walls like false skin over plaster,
Is having sex with the enemy a natural disaster?
Obscuring dark realities from intrusive eyes,
They face family and friends with a slither of lies.
The time bomb ticks with each wound and scar.
From slurred drunken brawls by their built in bar.
Is there hope for redemption beyond bitter blame?
Or a way to end, their cruel tit-for-tat games?
Magnolia walls antiseptic and new,
Covering raw anger in a hellish red hue.
The appearance of perfection hides intolerable spite,
And baffles the observer to their unfulfilled plight.
Once they were truly and hopelessly in love,
When those wild steamy nights were never enough.
Did their desire to appease the expectation of others,
Destroy the romance of two passionate lovers?
Magnolia walls surrounding each night,
But it takes more than a paintbrush to make things right.
Has the pain been too harsh for a reconnection,
Or will love find a pathway back home to affection.
So is it possible for two to start again?
Go back to those days when they were more than friends?
Now they race to the bedroom by the upstairs hall,
And renew their bitter sweet bonds beneath magnolia walls.
Observing in silence each jealous intention.
The past has been painted with a clinical sheen,
Concealing lives that are not what they seems.
Smiles at the party playing host to their friends,
The perfect example of a love that never ends?
Dancing the tango, they rise to the occasion,
While onlookers gasp, 'They're such a sensation!'
Magnolia walls like false skin over plaster,
Is having sex with the enemy a natural disaster?
Obscuring dark realities from intrusive eyes,
They face family and friends with a slither of lies.
The time bomb ticks with each wound and scar.
From slurred drunken brawls by their built in bar.
Is there hope for redemption beyond bitter blame?
Or a way to end, their cruel tit-for-tat games?
Magnolia walls antiseptic and new,
Covering raw anger in a hellish red hue.
The appearance of perfection hides intolerable spite,
And baffles the observer to their unfulfilled plight.
Once they were truly and hopelessly in love,
When those wild steamy nights were never enough.
Did their desire to appease the expectation of others,
Destroy the romance of two passionate lovers?
Magnolia walls surrounding each night,
But it takes more than a paintbrush to make things right.
Has the pain been too harsh for a reconnection,
Or will love find a pathway back home to affection.
So is it possible for two to start again?
Go back to those days when they were more than friends?
Now they race to the bedroom by the upstairs hall,
And renew their bitter sweet bonds beneath magnolia walls.
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