there is the truth
and a whole lot of lies that try to bury it
*
she shows you tears
and you believe the tears because they’re tears
but you have no idea what they’re made of
*
she performs something
that you want to believe in
hold on to
so that your world seems okay
*
she blows your head off
and replaces it with flowers
she grew herself
*
her words corset you into squirting empathy
she’ll be back for more
*
and when I called her out for what she really was
she could barely look me in the eye
*
and the narcissist convinces people
that bullies are victims
and victims are bullies
sometimes a story doesn’t have two sides
sometimes a story is the truth
and the truth is buried by the lies
that take its place without mercy
and pretend
and pretend that it never existed in the first place
always watch out for what happens to the truth
and where people put it
purposefully
Croque-Melpomene 