It sounded so sugar coated
the second time you said it
sickening the sound.
you called yourself devoted
just to ruin and regret it
and give someone the runaround.
that manipulative monologue
grasped at me
but your tears, my devious dear..
blasphemy
a lapse in concentration
left your weak enchantment broken
as if the very magic words you wrote
you had misspoken.
[in the face of temptation your loyalty withers..
fidelity fades, revealing the hollow in your heart..
that needy void that drained so many..
of their faith in your depth of feeling]
bitter and alone you drift away.
donning the mask of a victim.
your lips hiding the noose
that would ensnare men's throats.
and such a graceful walk.
