Wine glasses clinking
cheap wine mimosas
Knock-off Gucci bags
carrying maxed out credit cards
Bargain basement pretense
clothed in second-hand design
Hiding in plain sight
at out of league events
Banishing self-deprecation
with an air of sophistication
Hoping the guise holds
Hometown forgotten
Name changed
Allure added
Pygmalion
Escape
Alone
Lost
I took this photo while on our Alaskan cruise. I loved the sophisticated styling of the area the lamp was found in, which reminded me of rooms I always pictured gentlemen from regency romance novels retiring to, and I couldn’t help but feel how much pretense is found in such places. This poem is about pretending to fit in to the point of losing oneself to the guise and it is featured in my debut poetry collection When Can We Be Soft now available in ebook and paperback from all online retailers. Check out my website for more information: https://bisabelwrites.com