I see through you
❀
The dregs of power
You grasp with both hands
The way you wear it like
Some kind of crown
❀
The blame you use
As a weapon and
The way you forge it
Into a faux halo
❀
I see you
Flicking your forked tongue
And burning innocents
At the stake
❀
By all means
Keep standing over
Your cauldrons
Mixing lies with
Denial and
Sprinkling it
With hypocrisy
❀
By all means
Keep searching for
Love in cruelty
(You will never find it there)
❀
We will all rise
From the ashes
And all you will
Succeed in doing
Is staining your own hands
An embarrassing shade of red
That just screams the word
Pathetic
About the Creator
Poppy
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"Any last words, cowboy?" "None you'd understand, sodbuster." "Funny. That's Marshall Sodbuster to you. But I meant some last nugget that would help us in the adjudication of the myriad offenses counted against you and your gang. I wasn't asking for penitence."
By Adam Diehl4 days ago in Fiction
Comments (14)
cant go a day without reading your story
nicely written!
Classic narcissist and gaslighter getting what they deserve!! Love this Poppy!!
Hell yeah! Well done.
The way you describe it is sharp, and it really hits hard.
Very vivid… especially liked: “The blame you use As a weapon and The way you forge it Into a faux halo”✅
I like it! These words cut like the knife those bullies deserve.
Loved your use of imagery!
Yesssss, exactlyyyyyyy!! Staining their own hands is what they're doing!!
So many visual images here, Poppy. The crown, the forked tongue, the cauldron. Loved it.
Agree with the rest, Poppy. Sadists are scary!
It's like one of your superpowers is the ability to >see< intentions. ⚡♥️⚡
Wow! Your poem packed a viscous punch that sounds as though it was well needed. I've, unfortunately known a few individuals over the course of my life who are much like the one represented herein.
-Keep searching for Love in cruelty- That right there could be the title of the narcissist's anthem. Awesome work!!!