Echos: May 2016

You think you can invite me to play.

You think I don't know all the rules.

You think that you'll be the best leader.

You think I'm your puppetry fool.

You think you can scheme and manipulate.

You think I won't fall for your ruse.

You think that you covered your tracks.

You think I'll believe your excuse.

You think you will win at your game.

You think I can't walk in your shoes.

You think that I'll share this with no one.

You think a defeat you'll refuse.

You think you had almost made it.

You think the outcome is yours to choose.

You think that you're all that important.

You think this isn't front page news.

You think you can invite me to play.

You think you can bend all the rules.

You think I can't be the best leader.

You think you're too smart to be fooled.

05.23.16
©Kerri L. Stanley

Who you say you are is not who I've come to see,

But you'll deny what's in the mirror,

And deflect that it is really only me.

You walk into the story more than halfway through,

Refuse to rewind to the beginning,

And I'm left with a guilty verdict in misjudgment by you.

You'll gather a few of your self indulgent people,

Decide you can bully through unjust authority,

And all your fabricated lies to them you'll feed.

So I'll change the outcome of these scenes,

Since you only seem to thrive on causing trouble,

Because the end should certainly justify the means.

Echos