You Have Taken Things From Me

You have taken things from me.

Things that were not yours to take;

parts of a persons soul

that holds them together,

makes them who they are,

defines them, and gives

them strength to face the world.

 

There is a line that good people

do not cross with those who share

our time and space here on earth.

You crossed that line -

and every other.

 

You aren’t a decent person.

You aren’t trustworthy, or loyal,

you have no integrity -  

nor do you care if you do.

 

Life is about what you can take

and how much power you derive from

your manipulation of other people;

whose wife you can seduce,

someone well known, rich, or kind

someone who is successful and busy with a life,

who doesn’t have all day and night to devote,

like you do, because your life is so miserable.

 

You have no right to lie to innocent people.

You have no right to use innocent people.

You have no right to ask someone to change their life for you,

to live the rest of their life with you,

and then act as if it never happened - 

to not have a single conversation about the relationship and future

that you begged for and committed to.

And when discovered and stood up to,

to turn on, attack and lie about everything.

 

Only low life, despicable people do that.

What does it do for you?

What kind of sick, perverse pleasure do you get

out of causing so much pain,

so much loss and hardship?

What about the other person,

the innocent person that you sought out

and that trusted you?

What about that person

who saw you and accepted you?

Who was afraid and reluctant?

Why do you think you had a right

to abuse and ruin a life?

To damage another human being

so you could continue to live a life of lies,

is a sin that will manifest

in thousands of tiny, torturous ways

and follow you way beyond this life.