So Blind: Poem by Sherry Painter

So blind,
What had I seen in him, exactly?
Under that smile,
Under all that skin and make-up,
It was all just an illusion,
A trick of the mind,
Instead, it is all evil and vicious,
All hatred and no compassion,
No thought, no care of what mite his words caused to another....

What had I seen in him,
That made me fall all over?
I don't know,
I will never know,
For he was a good actor,
But now that I see throw his act,
I know the truth,
And with that truth, I will leave and forget about ever liking him at all.......