Lines Around an Aged Mouth- a Villanelle

Silence resonates between the faded lines
Everywhere light-hearted laughter once grew
Shadows dance amongst sinister designs

Empty words churn inside guarded confines
When lies become truths in a world askew
Silence resonates between the faded lines

With eyelids closed I never saw the signs
Expectations long denied cannot pursue
Shadows dance amongst sinister designs

Old Betrayals savage pain undermines
An attempt to live life and love anew
Silence resonates between the faded lines

The past seeps and with the present combines
Insidious intents that love's fables construe
Shadows dance amongst sinister designs

Broken vows stretch across withered vines
Where now faith has bid its final adieu
Silence resonates between the faded lines
Shadows dance amongst sinister designs