Sheepish

 Sheepish                            7/25/2016

I tried hard to make it

But it was already too late

Betrayed by a million lies

Hour by hour

Day by day.

By the time I felt the sting

The knife was in deep

Mortally wounded

And bleeding to death.

I had to watch it all

And feel it ebb away

All that I had tried

And all that I that I had loved.

In the end

I was nothing but an obstacle

To someone else’s comfort

A means to an end

To be removed and discarded.

It was all about money

And all about status

The kind so many covet

And kill for. 

Years have passed

And still I wait

Still the last

And still the least.

I did not know then

What it is

That I know now

That all debts are paid

Sooner or later.

Someone had to lose

For someone else to win

And jealous men

Will attack from behind. 

I was the sacrifice

Unaware and asleep

Too busy dreaming

To sense the mortal danger. 

Blind to the threat

Of a wolf in sheep’s clothing

Strange, mild, and weak

Greedy, heartless, and cruel.

Evil will never announce

His intentions

And evil will never

Fight fair.    

But rather he comes

Like a whisper in your ear

Playing upon our altruism

One step at a time. 

Attacking the innocent

And crushing the unprepared

He delights in murder

And rape.

He who cannot see

Is a fool for not knowing

The obvious warning

From right next door.