Best Played Me For A Fool Poems
In a moment of euphoria
You offered to erase my past
While prolonging the present.
You promised eternal life
Played me for a fool
Deceived me into believing
That time does not count.
Yet, the infinite ticking
Of the clock spells betrayal.
Now you run away from me!
Disillusioned, I struggle
In your wake…breathless.
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1. time 2. Moment 3. Clock 4. Ticking
5. Past 6. Present 7. Eternal 8. infinite
Time - 8 Word Challenge Contest
Sponsored by A Dear Heart
Placed 3rd
© 5th July 2020
You toyed with my affections!
You played me for a fool!
I wish, I could have sensed the truth,
I wish, I'd "Gone to School"!
I know I should have listened,
to the warnings given me!
But, I so believed you loved me,
I was just too blind to see!
I thought that you were happy.
That's the way it seemed to me.
But, you tried to change me, into someone,
I did not want to be!
My heart is not a plaything!
I'm not a puppet on a string!
It's a shame, the way you treated me!
My love, could not have meant a thing!
I'm not putty in your hands, my dear.
I'm not made of molding clay.
If you can't accept me as I am,
then please, just go away!
You never really loved me,
but, that don't matter anymore!
I'm not the fool I used to be,
so, I'm walking out the door!
I never really stood a chance!
That's my main regret!
I know this won't be easy,
but, I'm gonna make myself forget!
I know that I can do it!
I know I have the knack!
Once I put the past behind me,
you can bet, that I'll be back!
I told you that I loved you dear.
I thought you felt the same.
You even said you'd marry me
and be proud to wear my name!
You took advantage of my trusting ways!
You played me for a fool!
You used me for your selfish gains!
You broke the Golden Rule!
My friends all tried to warn me,
but I thought that I knew best.
So I didn't listen; I paid no heed,
to that I will attest.
I kept trying to get over you.
Peace was hard to find.
I was confused about what to do.
I almost lost my mind!
I left myself wide open,
but that won't happen anymore.
I'm a whole lot wiser now,
that's why I'm walking out the door.
I'm letting you go - that's for sure!
You can't hurt me anymore.
You'll only be a memory,
just someone I knew before.
I hope you've learned a lesson
and see the error of your ways.
Next time, my dear, unless you change,
you'll be the one that pays!
You made me weak, but from the weakness I grew strong.
You played me for a fool, but the foolishness made me wise.
You kept me chained in hell, but I escaped and found heaven beyond.
You kept me cowering away in the corner, but with release I became brave.
You thought you could take me down, but unaware you were building me up.
Now I am strong, I am wise, I found heaven without you;
I'm now brave enough to face the unknown,
And I know now how to stand on my own.
These lessons you taught me, and taught me well,
From your lying, conniving and selfish ways.
I went to the valley lookin' for a dime
a nickel's all I found baby ain't it a crime
I went to the valley hopin' I'd find you
I hoped you'd find me too
I went to the river lookin' for a name
a mirror's all I found baby this ain't a game
one time a devil two times a sin
I hope you'll let me in
Woke from a dream I didn't have no place
cool wind vanished without a trace
life went and played me for a fool
that's why I need you
I went to the fact'ry lookin' for some yarn
'fore I knew it I was ripped and torn
tied up in tragedy but don't feel no pain
I got your blood in my veins
I went to to the valley lookin' for a dime
a nickel's all I found baby ain't it a crime
I went to the valley without a clue
I'm so happy I found you
Saw an AD in with my mail
“BIG COMPUTER SUPER SALE”
Special offer “WHILE THEY LAST”
Hurry cause they’re “GOING FAST”
Perfect “HOME AND OFFICE TOOL”
God they played me for a fool
It’s a must for Games –N- Work
Now I feel like “SUCH A JERK”
Endless stream of 1’s and 0’s
What’s it up to? Noone knows
It’s much more then “SCREWS AND NUTS”
This thing really “HATES MY GUTS”
“FILE NOT FOUND” it’s there, I bet
Somewhere on the internet
Screens flash by, to fast to see
Who did that? It wasn’t me
Can’t keep up, I know, I’ve tried
It can find us, when we hide
You can run but won’t get far
(FOUND A CHIP IN MY NEW CAR)
Plans to end the human race
Leaving them to take our place
In it’s “SOFT GREEN,EVIL GLOW”
All my thoughts, it seems to know
I’m to scared to go to bed
And must wear foil upon my head
If it works, who knows? How well?
Against True Evil Spawned From Hell!
As you play or while we chat
Get some foil and make your hat
If we try, I think we can
Stop their wicked, evil plan.
Kenneth Gentry
I had seen a sea of love in her eyes
in that drenching night one monsoon season
when we met the first time that now she tries
to deny and I can't find the reason
why? No more will I listen to her lies
when she insists she can't love me and cries
~"A Rhyme in 60" contest by Laura Loo.
She came into my life
And seemed to end all my strife
But suddenly things started to change
Suddenly she began to act strange.
Over and over she lied
And every time I swallowed my pride.
Every time I let her back in
Even though I knew she was the daughter of sin.
She played me for a fool
Using me as her tool
To get what she sought
As I stood and fought
And I tried with all my might
To win this horrible fight
To keep her standing by my side
Then she’d become my lovely bride.
But she left as soon as soon as she came
And everything became the same
As it had been once before
And how it shall be forever more.
If she could only see
What she created inside of me.
She created a darkness that will last
And overshadow both my future and past.
A darkness that’ll forever be a part
Of my ever-longing heart.
I look to a future that I dread
With a gun pointed at my head.
Look at what love’s done to me
And try to learn from what you see
As I take my last breath
Knowing all my hopes lie in death.
They look at me they see guilty,
I look at myself I see liberty,
Justice has taken life from me,
With the death penalty.
Pushed my friend off a tower,
My heart burning with no desire,
As he fell the darkness arose,
I felt the anger taking control.
I look back on the days we had,
To see that they were all bad,
Erasing the last memories I had.
You did this to me once before,
This cant continue anymore,
I feel like I am being used more and more.
There is no end to the pain I feel,
My heart keeps pounding,
It sounds so unreal.
When I try talking to you,
The words crumble and I stop,
I think back to when we were cool,
To see you only played me for a fool.
Life has sucked so far,
Hopefully it will get better and better by far.
When I see you I act strong,
I pretend like nothing is wrong,
You pretend like you did no harm,
When all you did was use your charm.
Ms oh Ms.
How much of a gentleman because of you I’ve turned into.
Ms because of you I’ve become so thankful.
But It would be irresponsible of me to let my emotions
get the best of my judgment and condone you.
It would be selfish on my part to not allow rationality
and only my sentimentality to reach closure upon this issue.
This relationship consisted of 2.
Just like in biblical scriptures, in pairs.
Not even branches wish to be bare.
So here goes the naked truth...
I played my part; you played me for a fool.
Even if I were synthetic, lifeless and used to work the land,
by the hands of the blue collar man,
I couldn’t feel any more like a mere tool.
Now what used to be conversations has turned into a tedious dialogue.
What a twisted plot this story has become.
I mind your mind.
Not even Mother Nature could’ve created such opaque smog.
But I guess what occurred is now more than visible.
I wore my heart on my sleeve just to be closer to you.
Little did I know what breaking routine would get me into.
But I won’t let chivalry decline.
I’m still feeling like the captain..... of a sunken ship.
How wonderful our story , how dreaded the ending.
Ms. oh Ms.
But I won’t hate you , nor will I forgive you,
I’ll simply forget you… Ms.
Oceans Of Happiness
I remember when I knew it was no longer me and you,
word’s from your mouth said you cared but your eye’s showed the lie.
We made love it was a chore, no love or joy, was pushed away
and made out I was the bad guy.
You walked away no looking back, I was left asking what went so wrong?
That was then this is now, I’m free to realise you played me for a fool, life is smile’s all around, now no longer at your beck and call.
Head up high frown turned upside down, back straight new friends I’ve found, old one’s still here showing I did no wrong.
Time did stop, now I use that pain as a starting block no looking behind me my future not set-in stone, no longer afraid of being alone.
Things I’ve done since you’ve been gone, chances now taken no longer afraid of you putting me down.
A prison in my mind you had confined me sentenced to a life of misery, now I’m so free rivers of happiness flows over my soul, to oceans of discovery.
By
Patrick D
I beat you to it
Your plan backfired
Or you underestimated your target
You played me for a fool
But didn't see
The real me was not your tool for the ending of me.
I suspected all along that your evil knew no bounds
So I predicted your play and you played straight into my hands.
So I must say that I'm sorry that it's over for you.
You never predicted that I could be as evil as you.
Any last words or requests before you visit the great mystery?
No? Fair enough, then my evil friend it's goodbye from me.
My hands begin to tremble,
And my heart begins to break,
My mind it draws a blank,
And my body begins to shake.
I'm not sure how to tell you,
I'm not sure you'd even care,
Which might hurt even more,
But the feelings just aren't there.
You use to make me laugh.
You use to make me smile.
Even though I prayed for us...
I knew all the while.
You needed me for then.
But I need me for now.
I've got to get me back,
Someday, some way, somehow
You played me for a fool.
You proved you run the game,
But the reasons we were playing
Were not at all the same.
You played to kill some time,
To amuse your selfishness.
You played to win the game though,
And I helped you none the less.
But now the game has ended,
And even though I lost,
Losing you to better myself,
Seems highly worth the cost.
You'll go on and find someone else,
And I'm sure she'll play your game.
but when you end up sad and alone,
Remember who's to blame.
You did it before and you'll do it again.
It's fun to break a heart,
But I'm putting mine back together,
Piece by piece and part by part.
To my amusement its working well.
You cant even see the glue.
Imagine when I've forgotten this,
All the things I'll do.
I'll find someone to love me right.
Until the day I do,
I'll remember how I bettered my life
By getting rid of you.
A broken heart cannot be mended
Neither can romance, once ended
Send me not your reparations
Your maudlin, miserable placations
You played me for a fool, you did
Let me down so cruel, you did
Then you sent me gifts and notes
Perchance you gloat at
the catch in my throat
You ran off with a shiny doll
Who tells you now that you're her all
When she finds out what she's seized
She'll dump you just like
you did me
All the words you said
Echo nonstop in my head
I wonder if you ever cared about me
It couldn't be
No, it wouldn't be
For you played me for a fool
You broke all of loves rules
You broke my heart
Your hatred tore me apart
I sit here cold and lonely
Begging for warmth, and someone to hold me