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Tick-Marks

March 23, 2021
By 88MAC88 BRONZE, Hampton, Georgia
88MAC88 BRONZE, Hampton, Georgia
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     Was it you


     That made me pay

For something so dark

It could have been grey


     Was it you 


     That silenced me

With one pointed finger

Out on your spree


     Was it you


     That was behind the mask

So tight it was choking

The regret as you asked


     Was it you


     That had an unsteady finger

Very tense and skinny

All the while you lingerd


     Was it you


     That lifted my head to watch

Ignoring my silent rasps

Your buddies were on a deathwatch


     Was it you


     That bound me up in rope

Made me speak words

Handed in an envelope


     Was it you


     That walked out of the store

Blood on your hands

Something I payed for

 


     Was it you


     That told them to leave

To let me sit there

So they would be deceived


     Was it you


     That played as witness

Although you were the doer

You were all business


     Was it you


     That reported it altogether; the crime

To the FBI

And made me do the time

 

     It was you


     Because I recognize your voice

As you told me 

It was never my choice


     It was you


     Because I recognize your face

Although behind a mask

It still had a familiar trace


     It was you


     Because of your finger

How you looked at me

How it lingered


     It was you


     Because you told them to leave me

But made me pay still

For what my eyes has seen

 

     It was you


     That made me pay

For something so dark

It could have been grey


     Don't blame me 


    When I finish my sentence

I will come after you

With all of my vengeance


     You have made me pay


     For something your hands had done

You have walked away

Although I was your little one


     You will get your turn


     For I have gotten mine

I have become tough

And you WILL do your time


     And as the Tick-Marks keep adding up


     I will remember what was once your love

And every Tick-Mark that will be added

Is one more target that will be lasted


The author's comments:

Have you have ever had someone betray you? Throw you under the bus? Decieve you? What did it feel like when you payed their price? It felt like Betryal. 


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