Everything Changed
A couple of years ago
I knew this guy.
Before I even knew
I started to change,
morph
into something else;
I wasn’t me.
I was vulnerable
while he preyed on me.
Tried to take everything
while claiming to be my friend.
He used me,
Abused me.
Now long gone.
He
tried to drown me.
with the blame,
the shame,
embarresment he tried to throw on me.
All the names you called me.
Trying to shame me.
Now I take a step back.
Thought I was drowning,
But really it was you.
I realize now—
the joke is on you.
I have moved on with my life.
I know it pisses you off.
You stare at me with blank eyes while I dance in the spotlight.
No apoligies.
This is who I am.
A couple of years ago
I thought I knew a guy,
but then I opened my eyes
and everything changed.
(2012)
