Hey Jack!

Great poem. ^_^

"with silver-lined deceits / subtle hopes are foiled – wrapped"

You know what this reminds me of?? A silver candy wrapper, specifically a Hershey Kiss interestingly enough. Kind of like that shiny paper holds the promise of something sweet.

I rather enjoyed the repetition of "wave then duck and dodge".

"reactions in armor polished"

There's that silver again, the polished armor that people put up around them.

"clattering remnants in the mind"

Interesting use of this last line. I got the image of the armor falling to the ground and then my mind went even further - seeing the armor rust and age in time. Without proper care, it fades away.

Then I got to thinking, armor is protective, so it's kind of like the polish someone exudes - that image they have of themself is put up to protect their true self.


...Anyway, those are my thoughts on the poem. That's where my mind went. ^__~!