Do you still pause for a moment
hiding, just under your breath
Aligning every component
stories checked and rechecked
Do you still gaslight with flowers
and words made of glass
Do you pour over and scour
to hide the fact, you're an ass
Do you still keep your hands to yourself
as you tear another apart
Do you still feel compelled
to play these games with a heart
To make your image the focus
as you batter and bruise
Keep the monkeys in your circus
completely dazed and confused
Do you still smile as you lie
like a snake in the grass
Marking the moment and time
you've outlived another outcast
Still maintaining with perfection
that it was never your fault
A pro at redirection and shitty deception
like the leader of a cult
I feel sorry for your next victim
as she tries to play your game
All the while, you play dumb
I know, you're unable to change
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Kelli Sheckler-Amsden
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Powerful words. I must remember these lines they are great: "Do you still smile as you lie like a snake in the grass"