I Thought I Knew You...

Poem about a fictional character

I thought I knew you, but imagine my surprise,

when I found out all these years have been a lie.

 

Imagine my shock at coming to this desolate conclusion.

I'm left speechless, and in a state of spinning confusion.

 

Here, all this time, I was under the mistaken belief

that you would come to your senses and turn over a new leaf,

 

and realize the course you're on will leave you broken on the rocks.

But, I was wrong, and here I stand feeling the aftershocks.

You've retreated further into delusion's grip.

What has become a flood, began as a slow drip.

 

I used to think you'd find your way back to the person you were before,

but, where you used to be soft-hearted, now you've become hardcore.

 

Maybe I've been wrong, and misjudged you from the very start.

When did a slab of stone replace your once-bleeding heart?

 

Well, with your beliefs, I guess I have no choice but to just walk away,

but it's stormy, bitter weather, on what has become an ice-cold day.

 

You support someone who's about as far from me as you can get.

You're drinking the Kool Aid of what is obviously only about him. You've bet

 

on the cynical, reveled in the selfishness, and fallen for the fear

that seems to be his only message, a one-trick pony--you don't hear

 

his vile, hate-filled rhetoric for what it is...I guess it appeals to the greed,

that must fulfill someone's "I want it all" selfish need.

 

Whereas you used to be caring, loving and kind,

now you only care about yourself, I find.