falling for their lies

you know
that's what they've always wanted
for you to dance to the beat
of their song

haven't you noticed
they had played the same tune
many times before
albeit by a different player
and on a different matter



but each time
you played right into their hands
like now,
you're falling again
for their lies and staged acts

they got you good
didn't they?

all these times
you have been wrapped around
their dirty little fingers

but you didn't even notice
you played right on along
just like they knew
you would

as long as you refuse to
open your eyes and wake up
they will play you again
on and on and on...

take a step back
take stock and look at
the bigger picture

don't confine your vision
to what's right before your eyes
if you can see past them
you would realize

they are all
one and the same

though they want you
to believe
one is better
than the other

either way
you'll end up
the loser

and they?
they may think
they're winning
but they haven't seen
'nothing' yet

they'll soon get their dues
all the blood on their hands
that have tainted
their hearts and their souls

will chain them down
to the darkest
bottomless pit
of the dungeon
they would call home

they will be crying
rueful, bloody tears
biting both hands
with grief, with agony

that they will wish
they could turn back time
that they will wish
they had never been born

7.12.2018