No Shame

 

There's nothing you can do,

there's nothing you can say,

to take this hurt away.

 

It's already been done,

you have won,

in this game you play.

 

I know it was easy,

but I think it's rather sleazy,

when you're the only one who knows the rules.

 

It's less tangible than air

and I know you don't care

that you have stolen from me.

 

How do you do what you do

and look me in the eye, too?

What you have is-No Shame!

 

 

 

Reviews

[Mark D. Chevalier]

Wow! Some very powerful emotions portrayed in this work. And only someone who has felt them first-hand could write them as you did.
The most potent of your lines that really stuck with me, "I know it was easy, but I think it's rather sleazy, when you're the only one who knows the rules."
I felt the anger and betrayal as I read it. Excellent work!
M

[Doctor JKC]

Authority vs. authoritarian.
No way to live with that. Nazism.

Well done,
Jack

[Silent Kim aka mizmetap..]

Nicely executed, your choice of words brings the message home clear. People hurt you and really don't know how deep the pain is. Good writing.

[Pink Poison]

I usually don't like "rhymey poems" but I can really feel this. My favorite lines are:

"Do you see
that you stole from me?
Less tangible than air,
but, I know you don't care.
How do you do what you do
and look me in the eye, too?"

I've often wondered how people can be so duplicitous in their dealings and just wander off knowing they are literally thiefs. They steal your heart by pretending to love and lie and lie and lie. What a load of crap.
How can they look THEMSELVE'S in the eye without guilt or shame is what I often wonder. Great poem!