Look...
I don't really know what you might care about...
But I witnessed you let the worst part of you out.
Well I chose another route on purpose...
just to avoid you.
Don't wanna rehash yesterday and the
shit you went through.

What were you after? Stakin' me out like a crook.
I misjudged your laughter. You read me like a book.
How could I have been so daft... Things I overlooked.
I guess I'm just a chapter in your afterschool
notebook.

A grown up woman with a girls bag of tricks.
Let's throw all these flaming darts...
See which one sticks.
I gave you my heart... I gave you this dick.
You took the key to my soul, spit and then split.

Feeding on my energy... another parasite.
Bleeding out the best of me...
A vampire bite.
I was blind, didn't see. I should have
put up a fight.
At least leaving you was one thing that I
ended up doing right.

Listen to my rhyme and reason.
Life changes from season to season.
I speak of things as past tense,
'cause that's what they are.
I can't make any sense of this
faded note in this jar.

So if you happen to see her...
She's the one with the bright blue eyes.
You better leave that girl alone,
Don't fall for her lies.
She's like a poisonous flower...
See her beauty from afar.
Yeah, she's got the power to
make you question who you are.

I got no more bones to pick with you...
The past is being buried.
You are just the woman I once knew.
I am through with Sherry.

A deep part of me always had my doubts...
that you wouldn't end up like a bad case
of gout.
I wonder just how long you rehearsed
this act of poor innocent you.
I'm not trying ta cash in on what can
I say? All this shit is true.

Subtracting from the aftermath,
and everything It took.
Adding to this bubble bath, my
years as captain hook.
My pirate ship is now a raft,
and there's no place to cook.
I fly a white flag on my shaft.
I cum in peace, the earth still shook.

Let's own up to the fact you did it for kicks.
Gotta go for the center, it takes to many licks.
Right from the start... We were a porno flick.
Memories take their toll...
This one's like a worn out bic.

I see who I used to be... I played in the
moonlight.
Now I'm turning out to be like a Nazarite.
I was blind but now I see...
Chakras open, living right.
The past don't mean that much to me,
Washed my garments... Turned them white.

Squeeze in, cause the outside's freezin'.
I've got plenty more rhyme for pleasin'.
I'm cleaning up this last mess,
and raising the bar.
No longer will I cater to the
hate some people are.

You shouldn't strive to be like her...
She's the one with the black widow disguise.
She'll leave you drained, skin and bone...
Don't be mesmerized.
She's like a meteor shower,
You can wish upon that star.
I wish that all the hurt she
caused don't leave a fukkin' scar.

I got no more bones to pick with her.
The past is layed to rest and buried.
She is just the woman I once knew...
As the wind blew... Sherry.

Written by: Michael W. Taylor
February 25th. 2023©
© Michael W. Taylor