The Exception

In the amaranthine struggle
for love and recognition,
for the ceaseless, boundless evermore,
for the elusive rose tinted vision,
where did you lose yourself?

In the the aspirations of the one,
-the intoxicating chimera,
in the scent of the sweet kisses amore,
in the chimes of the evasive opera,
where did you lose yourself?

In the heartbreaks and the flash
of the lies unexceptional,
in the long overdue sighs and shrugs
of yet another indifferent submittal-
Yes, this is who you are.
Then where did you lose yourself?