Facade

Hopping
Through thorny alleys.
Heaving through hurdles,
Unhealing gaping wounds,
Formed from letting out
A piece of the soul.
Shedding tears,
Through shredding dreams,
Numbing the cords
Of a thawed heart,
Yet again,
The facade of
Feigning life
Falls clumsily
On the face of a bygone hope.