Eggshell Dance

[billy]

This is one I wrote a few years back.
I always liked the first, last, and penultimate lines but was never sure how to properly reconcile the rest. I have come to respect the various perspectives on this forum. Therefore, any critiques, comments, suggestions, or assertions that it is total crap...will be carefully considered. Thank you.

Sid

Eggshell Dance

She danced on eggshells, on the edge;
accrued indifference, feigned exception
to the lies and sophistry--
conspiratorial partners of deception

masked in clever conversations.
She weighs the options, even while
he watches and discreetly wonders
when she lost the enigmatic smile.

ICSoria
© 2011

i stumbled a little in the 1st line would at work better than the 2nd on?
lines 4 and 5 felt a little too ambiguous for me but that could be my fault.
i get the feeling something is going on. i'm trying to decide which one of them's unfaithful. which isn't a problem, in fact both could be at it, which would make it perfect. jmo

thanks for the read.