feign

Pyrrhic victory
without peer
paint my face
with nonchalance
the makeup
of indifference
feign aloofness
to maintain balance
masking
my amore
my armor
I fell for you
but you fell for it
my facade
foolishly
I hid my fear
in the ferocity
of false impassivity
until frustrated by
faked unflappability
you fled