Conditioner

Conditioner
I Am the blanket

 on top of dirty clothes 
the lies that cover up 

What is not to be shared
The smile I put on to hide 

My second life 

The one that isn't so perfect 
I hide the matted tangled 

Mess that’s under there 
The knots that hold me

Together yet break me

 apart

 

But the stuff that binds me

 is the nitty gritty that just  doesn’t go away