Nonparent

You lie to me

with a straight face

not knowing that I already know

the truth has been presented

via text

bet you wish she didn’t talk to me.

I ask you

nay plead with you

to help me parent

to have my back

to help enforce bedtimes

and electronic time

only to find out

that you think I am unreasonable.

Let us call into question

the parenting style of each

and tell me true….

who is the parent?

who is the friend?

My anger is not unexpected

nor is your response

I thought you could parent

yet I find

that the will is not there.

Stuck in your head as a teenager

you cannot see the damage you have done

he will not follow your parenting style

I will see to that.

He will learn respect

he will learn responsibility

he will learn how to be an adult

with help from me.

Keep it up

I am warning you now

time will be lost

when he realizes the game you play

deciding that you are not worth the time

or energy to stay.

Disappointment oozes in his voice

his eyes shatter with tears

you really are nothing more

than a bastard……dear.

Aug. 19/18

Photo is one of my own.

Megalomaniac

With flashing red eyes

drool upon his lip

maddened by the frenzied crowd

he stands upon the dias

awaiting his future.

Disregarding fair play rules

he raged

he frothed

he made secret deals

to undermine the truth

which all were to live by.

Enemies were made to disappear

friends were pulled in close

there is no middle ground

only two groups

one had better pray

should they find themselves

on the Enemy of the State list.

Zealous

he incites riots

rage for those who disregard

his blatent lies

while holding his hands out for more…..

stroke his ego

make him feel like a god

(note the little g)

time will come when he will fall.

Photo by Victor Rodvang on Unsplash