The Faces Of Deception A gentle breeze rocked the tattered hammock As she lay quietly reliving her past life Knowing the time had come to face the ones That were causing her such pain and strife How could she have been so naive and foolish And not know they were putting on an act As they'd call and say hello, how are you All the while talking behind her back Slowly she sipped her cold glass of ice tea Watching the sun disappear behind the clouds Sighing heavily she debated what she'd say If by chance she faced them in a crowd Could it have been only a short time ago That they said 'glad you came to stay' But now she wondered what had she done To cause them to talk about her this way Watching the butterflies flutter in the air And listening to the birds joyfully sing Her mind continued to recall the past weeks As lazily she lay in the old hammock swing Such hateful resentment these women did feel And perhaps they envied her happy life style Or possibly craved her many earthly blessings As great love radiated from her cheerful smile One proclaimed she was truly a christian And lived her life by God's holy book While the other thought she did no wrong As behind a person's back she gave a look Oh yes, these two people called her family To her face they pretended that they cared But each time she took her leave from them Their evil feelings for her they'd share In the distance a thunderstorm was brewing As the rumble disturbed her deep thoughts And slowly rising from the tattered hammock She knew soon a new one would be bought The loud ringing of the phone startled her And as she heard the familiar whiney lies Her heart knew that soon it would be over No longer would tears fill her brown eyes In closing this poem about faces of deception I pray that this doesn't happen to you But friend and family actions mislead many And it's so sad that we didn't even have a clue Janie Moser 06/18/06