06-16-03
No one can be so cleverly cruel
She gets so close to you
finds your soft spot - soothes it
confides in it
and tears at it
Then she shows it to you bruised
She screams
"This is how you're seen
how everybody sees you
This is why they all desire
you to leave them be
This is the real you
cowardly and frail
screaming like a little boy
afraid of the world around you
This is you!
This is you!
But you're the one who doesn’t know it!"
You won't want to play her game
but she will make you feel
you can win, its not that hard
But when you fight back, you scramble…
You say
"Look at you!
the way you are
You have such a hard time and you shouldn't
Get it together!
Get it fixed!
We all know that you couldn't!"
Then she turns and smirks
smugness dripping - she has you
Whispers softly
so that all can hear
"Look at the people around you
They've confided and they've confessed
on nights when you weren't with them
They extend to me
apologies
How could you stand to see him?"
You turn around
to say goodbye
but you realize you are trapped
You cannot trust
what you once had
they cannot trust you back
From now on
when you will meet
a friend or someone new
the meeting won't be
joyful
because you'll know how they see you