Painted Faces

Petals adorn gilded leaves,
jade climbs the handle.
Geishas, feminine and ornate sit placid in fields.
Pale chalk covers emotion,
rouge residual rectified.

Petite mouths form petite words,
silence drowns the larks above.
Dark pools shy away from dominance.
Petite hands clutch petite clothes,
wisps of tainted beauty forgotten.

Fragmented ice stands regal,
cool judgement upon those not thin.
Tender gazes manipulate the slenders.
Alluring skin taut on bones,
sunken valleys twist smiles.

Deception distorts distress,
nourishment forgoes admiration.
Skeletons are admirable,
perceivable bones triumphant.
Constricted skin withers, gaunt laughter prevails.