Poem a Day (PAD) Day 2

Today's prompts from Poetic Asides and NaPoWriMo: (1) Write a bright and/or dark poem, and (2) write a poem about a lie or lies.  This double prompt took me in a slightly surreal direction, and I took a more general approach to the subject of "lies":

Bright Lies

Some bounce off the water or snow,

blinding us as we drive or sail.

Some burn our retinas

if we look directly at them.

Some hit the mist in the meadow

at just the right angle, a sharp white

sheet against the glade.

Some dazzle us with rhinestones

in the spotlight, then disappoint us

when the lights go out.

Some are mirrors, reflecting

what we want to see

and not what we are.

Some are whitened smiles

on faces purged of wrinkles,

lips puffed beyond the natural.

Some are collected by birds

because they are shiny,

and before the dumb things know it,

they have built a nest of lies.