A Selection of Poems

Hypercritical

Who are you to say

What I am

Don't make your choices

So quickly

I don't care what you say

But in the end

I still cry with the pain

Because I know

What you're thinking

Don't tell me you care

I know you don't

Hiding your actions

In the shadows

But I know it always trails with you

So don't talk to me

If all you're going to do

Is make fun

Make faces

And then walk away

Never say anything

If I ever did

I would break down

Because of you

Don't tell

I try to

If I ever did

I'd end up hating you

I hate it

Don't say it

Maybe I should never say

Anything at all

So just stop

And don't lie to me

You don't want to help

Lie, Lie, Lie

Maybe there's no such thing

As a true friend

Or anybody else

Because we are sick creatures

Because we are the same

And sometimes I'm ashamed

Wishing for there to be

One person

Who could maybe change that