Little Lie

I chose to tell my Little Lie To the world, and to a friend – Just this once – myself I told – And never more again I spoke it nonchalantly Yet – slowly – did exhale My breathing thin and shallow I struggled to inhale It dropped into the Lap of Time As if it there belonged Perfect as the perfect chord Within the perfect song – At first ‘twas held in high regard By Universal Sign By Pundit and by Media The praise was mine – all Mine! For days I reveled – Revered! – By throngs and multitudes High upon my perch I sat My claim to fame approved – Though Grace and Fortune smiled on me My Inner State – Rebelled – -- Tightropes pale in mock compare To Nerves so overwhelmed! And then the sleight unraveled ‘Twas but a Blue Bird’s call And then the Little Lie I told With me – in flames – did fall