My White Lie

Edged out on blackened stones

I trip over white lines

Stick to it still

Seems like miles

But runs in circles

So I chase my shadows

Across vales

Out of windows

Over drowning sails

I crossed the smudge in the end

The beginning

Or somewhere in the middle

Tapped it with a toe

And tread lightly on

Should I stop somewhere and leave a mark?

Stay long enough to make a start?

Leave a coloured dot

Smudge another part?

Show the world I was here

Been there done that

Silently smirk

And depart?

I stared and stared

And shut an eye

I swear it moved

I bent the line

We move awkwardly now

My pirate eye

My white lie

And I