Shiny Veneer

Lilting crucibles of floating light,
Churning with malleable, molten glow.
Eyes arrested in burning glint,
An empty flow of cruel evolution.
Focused eyes search for focused thoughts,
Left to drown in a sensationalist lie
Of shiny veneer.
The glow fades into vapid translucence.
Shattered focus solidifies into sedentary darkness.
The burgeoning hope of bright magic,
Blackened.
Useful, practical, unmagical.
At least not the magic you were looking for.