Signs Along the Roadway Detour Ahead

Going awol when needed the most
Choosing truancy
an uncaring ghost

Stealing my voice
In your offhanded way

Invalidating the least little thing I might say or twist  it untill the true meaning gave way

And when you discovered I would not break
there was no route too low to take

A monstrous ego fed at my expense

the kick at my lowest brought  pleasure immense

One thing I could count on without a doubt
When I needed a champion you'd deliver a lout

Standing alone at  a funeral,as you greeted mourners front row, when asked you said
It's the very least one man could do for another

Not taking  for a moment into account the deceased my very own brother

The list could go on I don't care to recall
The what wheres and when how I came to feal small

Till one day it came down to me or you
I had to choose me I saw that and do

With eyes unblinking I stare at what is  decidedly clear
You really don't care for me at all
And I no longer wish to be here

I am an interchangable part a service provider at best
 Sex service and supply  I failed the  unpassable test

I had to be a failure so you could feal a success
your greatest source of pleasure seeing me under duress

I hate this for you truely I do
but I hate it for me even more

lets be  perfect strangers now as we happily were before
Copyright © | Year Posted 2023

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Wolf Avatar
July 15, 2023 at 9:08 PM
Perfect! 'Perfect strangers!' --as opposed to being with a strangler! :) gw
Rhymer Avatar
July 16, 2023 at 2:22 PM
Much as a strangler vine that weaves its way in and all about in pretence of caress only to strangle the life out of the object of its attention.Note I said object as the worth measured as a means of providing service ,a tool as it were, and not an iota more .
Rhymer Avatar
July 4, 2023 at 10:43 PM
Thanks G.W.
Wolf Avatar
July 4, 2023 at 7:36 PM
Wonderful sentiment, that last line. Gets to the point perfectly! :) gw
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