The Liar's Chair

There is a man

Who does what he can

To use, abuse, and lie

Doesn't care who he hurts

Or who he deserts

Don't ever dare look in his eyes

If it's you he may use

It's you who will lose

He will bring you down to his size

It isn't really fair

But he'll put you there

With him in the liar's chair

There's a woman out there

Who'll get you nowhere

And knock you down to your knees

She'll take away your grace

And slap you in the face

Then act like she just wants to please

But when you ask her to stay

She just walks away

Saying it was all just a tease

Yet you were always aware

She never really cared

You're with her in the liar's chair

Look out for the child

Who embraces the wild

With every single lasting breath

While walking the line

They claim to be fine

Too young for the pride they ingest

Still something is wrong

It's been brewing too long

And sending them close to death

You must always beware

And show them you're there

To keep them from the liar's chair

The businessman comes

And says he's the one

Who truly is your only friend

But when your job is gone

Was he there all along

No they always split in the end

And the truth of it all

He was never that tall

Here's a message to him you can send

Take your businessman stares

And your corporate affairs

And rot in the liar's chair

Politicians they spin

They say anything to win

They never have your interest at heart

They take money from bums

Turn our world into slums

Tearing life as we know it apart

And they are always exposed

As emperors with no clothes

Obvious from the very start

Are we really that scared

To put our hands in the air

And vote them to the liar's chair

Some preachers they claim

To walk in Jesus's name

But what have they done to his word

They twist to their gain

To make you feel ashamed

To make you judged and disturbed

Then they ask you to pay

They don't ask you to pray

While the world just gets worse and worse

I'm sure God is aware

You won't find him there

With them in the liar's chair

And this writer does write

About things that aren't right

His anger is made very clear

He may have something to say

Of how we all lost our way

Thanks to our cowardly fears

And the very sad twist 

Of his shaking of fist

The irony you won't want to hear

He wants you aware

That he put you there

With him in the liar's chair

Reviews

[Curly Grace]

A cutting, rhythmic truth telling... each stanza strips another mask away. The final twist lands with real force.

[Chris Shaw]

It’s a big wide world out there and there are many who aren’t truly genuine. But the ones that are, are like gold dust. Well worth the keeping.

Chris

[W. Barrett Munn]

Brandon;

Emily Dickinson is thought to have said, tell it slant. In stanza 2 there is a place to do just that with a metaphor:

saying she was here to please
but you were only aprrtif

[Michael Sun Bear]

Very thoughtful and well written with a strong message.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Keep writing about things that aren't right...Poets need to spread their voices and call out
those who try to pass for friends, when all that matters to them is their own gain.
j.