The Forfeit
I played
your silly games
following rules
I never wrote.
Swept up
diving in
my heels burrowing into the soft ground
Lost
yet guided by your flock
sinking and gulping for air
Your sweet perfume
a foul stench.
You looked out for me
through the openings of your mask
twisting truths
like needles in my sides.
You said
I cannot do myself justice.
I am
my own justice
Like a ripple in the pond
the reflection forcing its way to you.
I gave you
the benefit of the doubt
But I forfeit
this exercise in hypocrisy
encircling me in lines
I never drew.
your silly games
following rules
I never wrote.
Swept up
diving in
my heels burrowing into the soft ground
Lost
yet guided by your flock
sinking and gulping for air
Your sweet perfume
a foul stench.
You looked out for me
through the openings of your mask
twisting truths
like needles in my sides.
You said
I cannot do myself justice.
I am
my own justice
Like a ripple in the pond
the reflection forcing its way to you.
I gave you
the benefit of the doubt
But I forfeit
this exercise in hypocrisy
encircling me in lines
I never drew.