Mask

I get you now !

You have no real smile

 

Just  hundreds of variations of…

 facial expressions

tones of voice

hand gestures

and right things to say

 

Stories to impress men

Words to captivate women

Threats to coerce employees

Lies to deceive everyone

 

Various identities 

to keep your life in boxes

So your lies won’t overlap

 

Six cell phones with different numbers

Seven email addresses 

At least 4 different companies 

 

That’s as far as I know

Maybe there are more…

 

Various online dating profiles 

A computer program to scan for prey…

 

Empaths

Codependents

HIghly Sensitives

Romantics

 

The innocent

The abused

The naive

And the lonely

 

The young ones

The old ones

And anyone in between

The poets 

The artists

And the ones who want to save you

 

You show a vulnerable side

That is nothing but an act

You make them feel your pain

But you are mirroring theirs back

 

You show them some compassion

From scripts inside your head

 

You repeat their own words back

That they forgot that they said

 

They think you are for real

A man that they could care for

Someone who needs attention

And maybe mothering too

 

They know if they invest their time

Your love for them will be true

 

You train them all so well

To jump when you ring the bell…

Like Pavlov and his dog

Waiting for the food

You create a real addiction

Then make them beg for more

 

You let them paint the illusion

A dream from inside their mind

Exactly the way they picture it

A different mask for every crime

 

You become their favorite fantasy

Be anyone they want you to be

 

You lift them as high as you can

Upon your pedestal of gold

 

The higher you can lift them up

The farther they have to fall

 

And fall they will …

Make no mistake

 They won’t see it coming

Your skill has such grace…

 

You’ll come up behind them

Contempt on your face

 

You’ll yank out that stool

And cover all traces

That you ever planned it 

Or could hardly stand it

 

To play the role of vulnerable and weak

 

Now you are TOWERING 

Over your catch

 

Pour on the gasoline

And light up your match

 

Burning their hopefulness

And reasons for living

Corrupting their soul

Transfusing your sinning

 

You think…

“You thought you were winning?”

 

Ha!

 

Your face slowly changes

The expression is dark

 

She feels like she saw it once

In one of your glances

But it passed all too quickly 

And you covered with romances

 

She tries to beg forgiveness

As you tell her what she’s done

You project all of your sins

And she wants to give in

And confess to the crimes

You committed

 

But before she can speak

Your image just blackens

Becoming no more than a shadow in her mind

 

The terror in her nightmares

For so many nights to come

As she lies all alone filled with dread

 

She thought you were real

And that you could feel

Like the other men she had once known

 

But you wore a mask 

That she helped you to cast

As you once hung on her every word

 

And now there’s another 

Just waiting to instruct you

To create a new mask in every detail…

 

As you listen intently

The details are mentally filed

Your plan is being formed as you fashion a smile

 

She thinks you’re so sweet

And is utterly amazed

At how you share all her hopes 

And admire her dreams

 

As you hold up the mirror

And show her herself

It is a match made in heaven for sure

 

She wonders how she found someone

She has so much in common with

Someone who feels just the same

 

As you study her strength

And look for the cracks 

You will shove your knife through

All too soon

 

A brand new mask has been forged

For the new prey to love

And sacrifice all that she has for

 

You suck all her blood 

And you take all she has

With the promise that all will be repaid

 

You will buy her that house

With the white picket fence

That she carries the picture of

In the pocket of her dress

 

But she does not see

That you were a different person to me

 

And will make another mask

When you are done with this task

 

It’s all such a chore but you’ve done it before

 

One mask for each girl 

Let the games begin to twirl

They all end the same in the end