• He stood there before the laughing crowd
    performing tricks which baffled most people.
    I watched him land hazardous moves flawlessly;
    How much work does it take to learn such skills?
    He juggled pins as he balanced himself on a unicycle
    and skipped over his rope on an unstable plank.
    His biggest trick was not to be performed,
    and certainly not intended, but still I was dispelled.
    I watched the magician laugh as a dove was revealed from thin air.
    I saw passed the tricks and behind his make-up
    and I was swallowed by the truth;
    Life is not all that it's cracked up to be.
    Is this what is to become of me?