Played a fool (revised)

I was played the fool,

in a joker's game

A guarded hand revealed the truth.

A moment lost, a decade gone,

frozen time, and a forfeiture of youth.



I scream now.

Let the fire fuel my strength.



I knew you.

The faint smile,

behind the hidden shroud.

A kindred soul-

compassionate,

hapless,

forgiving.

But the truth lies unabowed.



I scream now.

Let my strength fuel these words.



I was a pawn

in a moral farce.

A open fist lifted the veil.

A meaningless word, a broken phrase,

another victim to some fairytale.



I scream now.

Let these words ignite this phrase.



You think of nothing

and no one.

Turn the cards,

Bleed the color from the pages.

I see you

and scream.