I fell real hard for a liar

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    I fell real hard for a liar

    SHHH, DON'T SAY A WORD
    YOU KNOW THE DEVIL'S LISTENING
    HE'LL FILL YOUR HEAD WITH LIES
    YOU'LL THINK YOUR HEART IS WHISTLING

    A TOUCH OR SIMPLE KISS
    WILL MAKE YOU FEEL YOUR FALLING
    AND ONCE YOU HIT THE GROUND
    HIS NAME YOU WILL BE CALLING

    BY THEN YOUR WORLDS BEEN TWISTED
    IN A WEB OF STRAIGHT DECEPTION
    YOU WONT EVEN HAVE A CLUE
    IT WILL RUIN YOUR PERCEPTION

    ALL ALONE YOU WILL BE LEFT
    WHILE THERE OUT THERE GETTIN BUSY
    AND YOU'LL START TO FEEL REGRET
    WITH NO ENDS TO ALL YOU MISERY

    WHEN YOU GET THE NERVE TO LEAVE
    TO YOUR DOOR WILL THEY COME KNOCKING
    TELLING YOU THAT YOU'RE THE ONE
    BUT YOU KNOW THERE ONLY JOCKIN

    CAUSE THEY KNOW THAT IF YOU LEAVE
    THEY WONT HAVE THAT SAFETY BLANKET
    OF THE ONE WHO COOKS AND CLEANS
    AND WHOM THEY CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE

    DEEP INSIDE YOU KNOW ITS FINISHED,
    STARTING OVER KEEPS YOU THERE
    AND YOU TELL YOURSELF YOU LOVE HIM
    EVEN THOUGH HE DOESN'T CARE

    DAYS KEEP PASSING, YOU GET OLDER
    AND YOU LIVE AND EMPTY LIFE
    YOU HOLD ON TO ALL THE FAIRYTALES
    THAT YOU'LL ONE DAY BE HIS WIFE

    THOUGH YOU KNOW THAT IT WON'T HAPPEN
    YOU ACCEPT AND SETTLE DOWN
    WHILE HE DOES ALL THAT HE PLEASES
    DRIVING YOU STRAIGHT TO THE GROUND

    YOU REMEMBER WHEN YOU MET HIM
    AND HOW GREAT YOU USED TO FEEL
    THINKING THAT YOU MUST BE DREAMING
    AND IT COULDN'T BE FOR REAL

    IT'S FOR REAL BUT YOU KEEP FAKING
    LIKE YOUR LIFE'S A DREAM COME TRUE
    IF HIS LIFE IS GOOD AND HAPPY
    THAT'S HOW YOUR LIFE SHOULD BE TOO

    YOU CONFIRM TO JUST EXISTING
    NOT REMEMBERING WHO YOU ARE
    A GIFT, A JEWEL SO PRECIOUS
    AND SOMEONES SHINING STAR.

    WAITING ALL THE WHILE, PRETENDING
    THAT HIS LOVE WOULD TAKE YOU HIGHER
    BUT THAT'S NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN
    CAUSE I FELL REAL HARD FOR A LIAR!

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    paddy commented on I fell real hard for a liar

    07-08-2009

    lovely and heart felt,well done greet work.good luck for your future

    christliked commented on I fell real hard for a liar

    03-24-2009

    Baby you are good I loved reading you flowing like this

    angelgirl commented on I fell real hard for a liar

    03-12-2009

    Wow! very touching I can feel your pain hope your future brings you less pain and more joy--good luck, and keep up on your excellent poems.

    Gaia88 commented on I fell real hard for a liar

    12-16-2008

    i felt this one.

    Most commented on I fell real hard for a liar

    11-25-2008

    Ayo ma I completely understand your pain! It is so hard for good people to let go of awful stuff! We end up getting dragged around until we become little tiny pieces and then we don't even know who we are anymore because of someone else's B.S.

    Poetry is not an expression of the party line. It's that time of night, lying in bed, thinking what you really think, making the private world public, that's what the poet does.

    Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997) U.S. poet.

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