Judging Me Without My Influence
I was friends with a selfish liar
pathological habit of desire
lying when there was no reason
low on friends he chose treason
A football team our social scene
players, friends & every family
including people who act mean
his brother & another nasty
believing each lie he spoke
as each lie made me look bad
makes them feel a bigger bloke
happiest seeing others sad
known all 3 since we were kids
as adults they grew insecure
imagination feeds their ego
making up rules keeping score
1 used banter, very feeble
jokes of prepubescent people
blatant blunt very simple
insults there is no need for
& if you didn’t laugh away
he’d say you don’t understand
all to win this game he’d play
as it’s humour I can’t stand
the brother grew hateful & bitter
self obsessed & paranoid
short unnoticed & feeling lesser
the unpleasant sort most avoid
over emotional problem starter
outbursts of anger & lost control
but when called out a tearful figure
unaccountable victims can’t be told
& then there was the blagger lying
always too clever to be wrong
making excuses dodging fire
guess who he’d place the blame on
so I abandoned all in sight
the football team & social life
that’s when rumours all took flight
I’d lost my mind & wasn’t right
Gone to get my head back straight
so nobody tried to contact me
I’d come back once I feel great
for the attention apparently
Six months go by, I’ve moved on
when contacted by the group
who tell me I have got it wrong
said my ex mates out the loop
people think they know my ex mates
& I don’t now my head’s confused
the first time ever I say straight
to be universally refused
not one person believed my words
they seem to think I don’t do truth
opinions formed from what’s been heard
convinced they know what has occurred
So though this is my situation
I’m irrelevant to what people think
the ignorance unbearable
lost my mind to drugs & drink
insulting assumptions I receive
when I speak I’m not believed
thinking I’m on temporary leave
to comeback for my limelight feed
& they really think I am confused
& the one who misses humour
they’re so rude & have no clue
judging me on a rumour
so I tell them I’ve had enough
they never asked me where I was
& now I talk they think I bluff
so I speak directly using curse
you judge me with me unimportant
so I don’t think that you’re important
you clearly don’t know me okay
watch the talker not what they say
Copyright © Nick Trim | Year Posted 2023
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