Inprismed

Securely locked up
and cloaked
in exquisite shades
like some
bird of paradise
standing
proudly in its own
magnificent
multicoloured light ..
Is surely,
the way I last recall
seeing her ..
Although now I fear
my eyes may
have deceived me ..
Since such
intrinsic beauty later
proved to be
nothing but a series
of callous,
contradictory illusions ..