Tell Me How It Feels.

Can you tell me how it feels-

To change the story?

To paint yourself a hero,

so innocent,

so chivalrous,

so incredibly faultless,

No blame for you-

who once stood so proudly beside-

the poor soul you painted the villain.

Can you tell me how it feels-

To lie to yourself and others?

To tell yourself you did right,

When the ‘Villain’ was the one who tried to stop you-

From tearing down your new king.

As you lie to that king,

as you laugh with that king,

there are some of us who remember-

Just what you did,

and what you tried to do.

Some of us know exactly-

How dark that heart of yours is.

Can you tell me how it feels-

To be left behind bleeding,

when all you tried to do was wait for recognition,

to wait for apology,

to wait for the king to see what it was-

that was in front of him all along.

And to have the hero, who was your only confidant-

stab you in the back,

Trample on you with sharpened knives,

and leave you there.

But then- of course you can’t.

Because you were the hero,

The one you left behind,

was the one you painted a Villain.

But the villain wasn’t really a villain,

were they?

They were a lonely, hurt individual,

Who only wanted recognition.

You can’t tell me how that feels,

to be so betrayed and insulted,

To feel so broken and misled,

That you feel like you will never love,

never trust again.

Tell me how it feels,

To have the world know just how FAKE you are,

To know what a liar,

To know how you deceived them,

And to know that your “Villain”-

will never trust you again,

will never need you again,

will never WANT you again.

Tell me how it feels to be a fake hero,

Oh god, please, do tell!

Tell me how it feels to deceive the king,

and trample on trust.

What a glorious world you must live in,

To be able to turn and walk away,

Bragging as you do,

flaunting that you did,

even as the tormented screams of the Villain echo after you,

Haunting you, chasing you, even in your dreams,

Hearing them every time you lie.

Please…..I want you to tell me…….

Reviews

[Antoñyo]

Roze this one hit home...kinda hard, too, damn...but in my defense, perception was not reality.
Many can relate to this but I pray it's not like that for everyone because the loss can be devastating.
...but that was eons ago, thank God
Great write,
Thanks

[RedRozeNinja13]

It's always a great pleasure to have a review, and to know that I've done a good job writing up a powerful bit of poetry. Emotions were very toiled when I wrote this, and I hope I was able to adequately pen them and do them justice.

[Adam Crate]

This was an excellent and interesting poem. I love the development as it unfolds, twisting the perspective of the 'Hero'. It speaks a lot to the way we perceive situations. It reminds me of the quote, 'History was written by the winners'. Even if the reality of the situation is grim, people often want to paint it as if it were a pretty picture and their actions were all justified.

I also thought of Game of Thrones, so bonus points for that.

[RedRozeNinja13]

I did write this with "History is written by the winners" in mind. I haven't started watched watching games of thrones yet, but I'm sure I will. I'm very glad you liked it ^ ^ and whew for bonus points.