Web of Lies

Playing a player...

The spider patiently bides it's time

In a game it plays with a tasty fly

I see through your pitiful disguise

As I have bitten you and you are paralyzed

You seek to hide in a web of lies

Forgetting truth in our moments of paradise

I'm not looking for love or desire ties

You need no help in destroying lives

Caught in my webbing of perfect size

As I devour you the truth you will realize

The player is me yet I committed no crime

Honesty brings chaos for the trapped fly

Reviews

[MAD ENGLISHMAN]

Me - ow. Your claws are starting to show dear. It's clear that your predilections give you such an advantage over the rest of us. This is a great piece of writing. It's a poem, it's a story, it's an admission and a warning depending on the readers position in the story.
Brill.
Again.

[FlamingPhoenix]

Aw! Thank you so much for a gloriously wonderful review. I had a pleasurable experience penning this and I'm having even more fun discovering this newly discovered side of myself--of course, one shouldn't forget my soft vulnerability that still exists inside...

[MAD ENGLISHMAN]

Reminds me of a cadbury cream egg ( Easter link there did you notice). the outside is enticing and smooth and then you crack it open the inside is SOOOOOOO good.

[ron]

Wow who did this to you. They should be flogged and not in a good way. Big Hugs

[FlamingPhoenix]

:-) Funny you mentioned flogging on the same day I mentioned it in a conversation with someone-must be a flogging kind of month--but I mean in a good way ;-)

[ron]

Flogging could be very satisfying if done right...at least that's what I have read...:)

[FlamingPhoenix]

Flogging is very nice--from what I have experienced.

[ron]

I have wondered about this.

[s y e]

Now damn, I think you just hit the bullseye with this one. Lies and deceit... what a biatch. I hate liars and I hate people who deceive me or my friends.

[Bluefire]

Toying with your pray until death. The capture the lost hope the bite and then darkness.
Well played. Dark and intriguing.

[SquinklaPsyOps]

The poem could be about the internet having several sides, "to be or not to be".

[♔ CrownedDevil &#..]

Wow, amazing write. I loved it. :-)

Kaze~ :-D

[melissa]

Great poem keep up the great work and keep them coming

[FlamingPhoenix]

Thank you and I will.

[melissa]

Your welcome

[Aethereal]

I loved the interplay between lies and truths; flies and webs in this poem. I was inspired to write this tiny gift poem for you which you may keep as your own:

Convenient Lie

Hungry spider spin your lie,
knit a flashy lullaby
for a tiny tasty fly,
show him webs that pacify.

Paralyze him, make him high
tie him down, and mummify.
Give him truth that drips him dry
cause he’s such a naive guy.

[FlamingPhoenix]

This is absolutely my favorite gift poem of yours! Thank you most kindly!!!

[Aethereal]

You're welcome! It was fun to write. I enjoy doing things that require the full capacity of my brain. Either use it or lose it. Psychologist have discovered that using one's brain makes it grow new pathways that allow it to evolve in spectacular ways. Creative writing keeps my mind sharp for doing other things such as solving complex mathematical problems.

[Lyn Anderson]

A fantastic piece that describes lies and betrayal.

[FlamingPhoenix]

Yep! Thank you for your visit and review.

[New Theory]

It was a great outlook to a one sided relationship where the other person cheats. Very well written

[FlamingPhoenix]

I wouldn't go so far as to call it a relationship in the typical sense of the word, though any connection with another could be construed as a relationship of sorts...sometimes I simply have an uncanny ability of becoming a mirror for another to reflect upon some of the hidden aspects of themselves. Thank you for your visit and review.

[New Theory]

You are welcome :)

[Bright Ocean Star]

Phoenix, this is really imaginative. Thank you for the genius of using a spider and his/her web as a metaphor for a truly manipulative, destructive, lying person. It made me smile. Your mind is fascinating to read and study. Thank you for the small peek into your mental realm. Great write:)

[FlamingPhoenix]

Thank you for your review--the question remains...who is the bigger manipulator, destructor, and liar--the spider or the fly? You are, as they say, what you eat...

[Bright Ocean Star]

touche', my little black widow.....:)