No More Pretending
Stop pretending
That everything's alright
Like nothing happened
Liek it didn't occur.
Stop pretending
That you can't see the damage
Caused by your ignorance
While you slept your life away.
Stop pretending
That everything's stable
In actuality its begun to crumble
Chopping down our family tree
As it turns to splinters.
Stop pretending
That you can't learn
By saying you can't
How will you ever know
If you can't even try.
Stop pretending
That you did nothing wrong
Then why did you marry?
Why did you have kids?
Why don't you love her?
Stop pretending
That your fine
You have a problem
In your mind.
Memories fading
Repeating questions
Losing knowledge
In an eternal loop
Trapped in a time capsule.
Stop pretending
That your not hurting
Cause you lack the empathy
To not know how were feeling
Your a souless robot
That lacks a soul.
Stop with the lies
Stop with the demands
Stop with the mind games
Stop your selfish philosophical
Way of living!
Stop pretending
That it'll work out
When you can't figure out
Why you made our lives
Into a living hell.
No more excuses
No more lies
No more demands
No more selfishness
No more ego
Its time you grew up!
Take responsibility
Step up to the plate
Put your manhood on the line
Stop kissing people's ass.
Strive to do better
Strive to be less egotistic
Strive not to be selfish
Strive to be less slothy.
For the love of your family
For the love of your daughter
For the love of god
For the love of life.
If you can't learn
To change your ways
To make yourself better
To become a better man
A better husband
A better father.
If you can't learn
To appreciate women
To apply yourself
To be a better person
Then you'll never grow up
You'll never be a great man.
No more pretending anymore
Its time to stop your lies
Take a step back
To take in the damage
Then saying everything's alright
No more pretending, father.
Copyright © Megan Ryan | Year Posted 2020
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