Reputation

What is acquired gradually Can be Lost so easily It can be carefully cultivated Becoming swaddled with flam Precision engineered Where everything goes to plan Sugar covered and baseless underneath Your retinue expands The web of knowledgeable deceit you weave Makes life sweet and you see no defeat The wind of change Can blow in as a storm Its wholesome destruction A mesmerising theatre Where plans become aborted As the mob comes a calling A Rising star is dislodged By those who can only love temporarily Hypocrisy slays so easily No one remembers the good old days When they welcomed you lovingly No one remembers how they turned a blind eye When you acted so selfishly No one remembers Their complicity Faith in you is now a faded memory As condemnation explodes Your self-created bubble Where public disgrace is now your lasting legacy Shame on you