ventriloquism

date written: April 15, 2015

i was hung up by strings

like a marionette in a class A act

but the puppeteer was myself

and i held the doll too high

to deal with such altitude

she cried and begged for mercy,

the strings becoming worn

leaving blood soaked rings from the tight grasp they held

she was only doing as she was told

so why the cruel punishment?

how can i be both the puppet

and the controller?

i was killing myself

with my standards set too high

it was me leading to my demise

no one else

and there was not a damn thing i could do about it