The Intention…a bitter fall of self
Intention…the fall of self
Bad Intention…
Be it crusty or be it a face of contrition,
your malice obeys no world I abide,
and your smile just renders your evident manipulation
a diversion of bad taste,
a smarmy attesting of deceit sublime.
Yet you pace your game like an expert,
your demeanor so fluffy and kind,
but the devil himself does writhe within you,
his every move yours,
the end game a darkness of intention to bind.
What gratuity do you receive,
from your deceitful deeds,
the hurt and damage you cause so eloquently
administered for the course,
yet in the end your lies broken.
What you see is a road paved in gold,
what I see is a lost heart, languishing,
fallen to extremes in desperation’s goal,
and I bide the time, quietly,
waiting for your not so pretty fall.
But I still detest your malice, so pointedly marked,
the target of your inadequacies
the one who supported you most,
yet you are worlds apart,
see not the slow and bitter fall of self.
Tony DeLorger © 2016
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I wonder how people who are full of malice, deceit and evil intent can live with themselves. Surely there must be times when they are alone that shutters of guilt creep upon them. Well penned verse, Tony.
Not sure if they even know what damage they do; they’re often too self involved to notice. Glad you related. Cheers!