Betrayal

when did the caring part become unnecessary
who changed the rules without telling me?
thrown away like yesterday's news
kicked to the sidewalk
tossed aside and forgotten,
witnessed by everyone
but no one saw anything,
except for the falling rain
good for nothing,
worth saying
at this time

says who,
you?

you, with the sweet voice
we all loved to hear
and listen to,
not now, however
as
your truth is revealed at long last
smooth as slime

not a pretty sight.

or you, with the frenzy of a thousand mad men
raging beyond belief
and all because,
why?

who changed the rules without telling me
when did the caring part become unnecessary?
maybe in your world,
never in mine...


(9.19.10/ajs)