it's not all just salt that looks like sugar

sometimes it's poison that looks like water

or snakes that look like women

you have to consider that some of us want to be fooled

with blade in fist and

the red that pools in self-conflicted injuries

convincing ourselves that we can be the

injured and the recovered all at once

appearances can be decieving but

maybe we're the deceitful ones

so good at lying that

we can mislead even ourselves

She was dizzingly beautiful. The kind of let’s run away right now beautiful. The kind of smart, kind beautiful. The stronger than looks beautiful.

And I was, well, I was blinded by the light.

I didn't see the consequences, and now I'm dealing with the whiplash of falling in love.

i fell in love with him when he was new

he presented the same face, each one a brighter hue

so i gazed and he grew

dazed as time flew

that was then

now we’re through

he transformed and doesn’t have a clue

he’s the moon yet i’m blue

so my tears swell like high tides

yes, it’s true

he’s full yet i’m empty

oh, whatever will i do?

i’ll look up and enjoy the view

...

I woke up next to my wife of fifty years. Everything was dark and quiet and, for a moment, I felt calm. I looked around the room, feeling surprised that I was so calm that I didn't move my body.

Suddenly my heart dropped. There was a man in the corner of our room. I was certain it wasn't just a coat. I wasn't sure what to do. Pretend I was asleep? Wake my wife up and hold the bastard off while she ran to safety? No, best to stay still. He was watching us. There was no way to outrun him if we try now. I should let my wife stay ignorant and asleep.

He moved and my heart beat faster. He was coming right up to me, did he know I was awake? But out of the blue he was no longer a man. He contorted into a monster, towering over our bed, his entire self like a shawdow covering our ceiling. It was at this point that I realized that I couldn't move even if I wanted to. My body wouldn't budge. I tried to call out to my wife, but my voice didn't work. The only thing moving were my eyes and my rapid heart beat which grew faster by the second.

A tear fell out of my eye. I wasn't exactly crying, but my eyes were more wet than usual and a single tear escaped out the side. I was noticing things that didn't matter, anything to not focus on the thing above me. I could not hear our clock ticking or my wife's breathing. Was she already dead? No I must put that thought out of my mind.

Slowly, it slipped down from the ceiling and sat on my chest. It looked light, but was surprisingly heavy. I found it difficult to breathe and my heart was going wild. If I didn't die from lack of air, I would surely die of shock or a heart attack.

The monster grew heavier and even began to choke me. And yet, I still couldn't move to fight it off. Couldn't utter a sound of warning to my wife. And she was just sleeping there so peacefully. Was she next? I had to do something! But my body wouldn't listen. It choked harder. I knew I wasn't going to last much longer and accepted my fate. The world around me turned dark and, soon enough, no more of my thoughts lived. I was nothing.

I woke up this morning next to my husband of fifty years and he was dead. And even though I am sad, at least he passed away peacefully in his sleep.

Meaning of deceive in English

deceive

verb

to persuade someone that something false is the truth, or to keep the truth hidden from someone for your own advantage:

deceptive

/dɪˈsɛptɪv/

adjective

giving an appearance or impression different from the true one; misleading.

'Deceptive' is the adjectival form while 'deceiving' is the verb form.

Appearances are deceptive. People are deceiving.

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thought you

would be one

to hold my

hand

but it happened

that you were just

doing what

everyone else wonted