Micky's Poems

Dog Hater

I don't like my dogs
For all these personal reasons,
But the most famous one
Being that I lived without them.

No one says this to me
But I feel them judge,
Exiling me,
And deeming me "wicked".

I don't entirely hate them.
Some are actually cute
But I've lived so long without them
That having them is a burden,

But strangers judge me for that
So much that it's invaded my mind.
No one calls me horrible things
But my mind does.

I feel guilty for this
But I can't bring myself
To love something artificially,
So instead I did something worse.

I took the label they gave me.
I looked at what they wanted.
And if I'm to be deemed a villain
Then so be it.

After donning the mask
I now fulfil my role.
If they want a villain,
I'll give them a villain.