The Lie Poem by Kevin Carney

You built your relationship on pure illusion…
You sold yourself,
based on a pretense you didn't know.
So simple you thought,
never seeing what would become…
All to get what you thought you couldn't have…
So complicated the story…
So much the lie, just a little one…
So harmless you felt it was…
No one would ever think…
That it would,
come and bite you in the end…
You now stumble…
You grasp in the air…
Looking for answers that cannot be there.
You spun your tale...
So believable it appeared to be…
Never would you dream,
he would figure it out…
Fight you must to hold on to your love…
What a disaster it could be…
It is already in the making…
The end to your means…
Such a small lie,
that wouldn't hurt anyone…
Did you really think it out?
If you knew would you do it again?
You cry yourself to sleep at night…
You look for help…
It's just not there…
Hoping the truth will never come out…
So desperate you feel…
The fear in your heart,
leaving you sick to your stomach…
You try to manipulate the truth…
Trying so hard to deflect the lie…
Deeper and deeper you dig yourself in…
Knowing too late it's just not going to work…
The love you thought,
would hold together in the end…
You thrust your body forward to him…
You took a stab at long passionate kisses…
You shed your tears for the benefit of him…
You told him how much you loved him…
You just couldn't live without him…
All to fall silent…
You just couldn't admit to the truth…
Losing it all in the end…