Philosophical

Trapped in this fragile 
Shell of indifference 
I gaze, as always 
from within a sanctuary, 
through the cracks, 
of a sheltered life 
Unworthy to the soft 
allure bestowed upon those 
with boldness encrypted 
on ivory smiles of 
wickedness, nothingness 
As they bathed and danced 
In the ever present glow, 
I was content with 
a darkened shell of 
second handedness 
Of a light filtered 
down by chance 
Until I watched the once faint 
light shimmer glimmer 
Fracturing through 
my shell of indifference 
Now broken 
Alas, this light was 
nothing but a superficial token…

Superficial light