False Faces

<br>Oil on canvas<br><br>Couplets and stanzas<br><br>To divine who you are<br><br>Pencil portrayals and<br><br>Jealous betrayals<br><br>Get you further afar.<br><br><br><br>False faces and<br><br>Meaningless chases<br><br>I travel alone<br><br>First places and<br><br>Calendar races<br><br>I need a home.<br><br><br><br>Hostile hotel walls<br><br>Footfalls and phone calls<br><br>And youre on the line<br><br>Gentle coercions and<br><br>Bitter desertions<br><br>When the truth is a lie.<br><br><br><br>False faces and<br><br>Meaningless chases<br><br>I travel alone<br><br>First places and<br><br>Calendar races<br><br>I need a home.<br><br><br><br>Lover twice yearly<br><br>That last battle nearly<br><br>Cost me the fight.<br><br>Broke through the ice<br><br>And got cut down<br><br>To size<br><br>And escaped<br><br>Through the night.<br><br><br><br>False faces and<br><br>Meaningless chases<br><br>I travel alone<br><br>First places and<br><br>Calendar races<br><br>I need a home.