True Nature
People are not always what we see
Crossing over my lines like you're drunk at the wheel
Careless to anyone else, how they feel
How they act, how they bleed
Because you always have to be the lead
Your charm can bring a hermit out of it's hole
so perfectly you play your role
Of the nice one, the good guy with a heart of gold
But that heart was bought off Temu and the paint chips as it gets old
What's underneath is rancid and bitter
all dolled up in that fancy glitter
you parade it out for the world to see
but if someone gets close like me
It shows it's true nature, all prickly and black
yelling, lying, and beating me down for the things that you lack
Because I am an easy target when I choose to stay
You drown me with words of love and worship and immediately I obey
You override my rationale with that gaslighting web you weave
pulling me back in with a thread just as I get the courage to leave
But all this should be written in the past
because I am free of your tendrils at last
My mind and heart are on a healing path
Don't know how long it will take, there is no math
for this sort of thing, but down the road I have started
Every tie to you I have shredded and parted
They call me the Villain and with that I am fine
I only pity them, still stuck on your vine,
primed to be plucked and smashed in the finest wine
Because you "only deserve the best"
And while they scramble for air I will sit here and rest
I did my time, and found my way out
And for all the peace I am gaining,
let them think I did it for clout
I know my true nature
And I know yours
And now I know to avoid trick doors
About the Creator
Tina Rose
Life Long writer, Reader, tea lover, and Self care advocate.
Just trying to bring a little light and joy into this world.
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Comments (12)
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Beautifully written π©·πI can so relate to such charming ones and their gaslighting smog around that not many can spot Congratulations to You for Top story ! π·It's so healing to read Your poem !
Love ur poem Tina
Fine work Tina π«
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Congratulations on Top Story! π₯³
very profoundly written. well done!
Excellent
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