How the Tables Turn

Break my bones
Go ahead
They'll just turn to dust anyway

Call me names
If you dare
They're a reflection of your soul

But don't you dare
Say you care
Than come and abuse my heart

To love one completely
Means to build them up
Not demolish their inner being

So many times
You've built me up 
Just to knock me down

You sat there smug
Laughing it up
While I remained in silence

But not no more
This is where it ends
No longer will I let you win

So poof be gone
Just disappear
You no longer have any power

From now on
I wear my crown
I make my life's decisions

It's me who'll decide
Who is dead or alive
It is I who holds the power

In your game
You've been defeated
By your expendable pawn

But if you look
You will clearly see
You never stood a chance

For when you play
With a crooked hand
One day you'll get called out

Than it will be you
Getting played
Like the joker, like the fool
Copyright © | Year Posted 2016

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