I lie because I don’t want to be pitied
I’m frustrated that the burden is mine
Because I was imposed this tragedy
I lie and become a liar
An accomplice to your crime
Rather than the victim
The perpetuator of my sad fate
And I don’t want to be blamed
For things I never did or the things
I didn’t do to please someone who never
Knew how to be pleased with what he had
Someone who called me ungrateful but
Never was grateful when I broke
My back to try and fit an idea, a standard
He’d change overnight
And I sit exposed while he masks his
Anger for abandonment and takes
The fall for the tightrope I walked on
While I’m made to become a villain for
Wanting to save myself and be more
Than just another sob story
I don’t want this to define me
And so I lie, lie awake wondering