Notes About The Poem

"I don't want another pretender to disillusion me...

      whispering words of forever, playing with my mind."

                                             Mariah Carey~song lyrics

The Pretender

He was so charming, but never a prince.
Sweet words he chose to mix and mince.
How could my mind have been so dense,
To let my heart rob me of common sense?

It's true, I fell for many of his smooth lines.
Love pricks like a fork with sharpened tines.
Wounds causing me to need a defender
From the one I call the great pretender.

Or am I the pretender? 
Aren't we all great pretenders,
at one time or another?
Copyright © | Year Posted 2015

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