The Spiteful

The Spiteful

When antagonism’s laser burns, cry from hurt is acid

Feel the shredding of your heart, yearn for antacid

But humanity is cold and hardened to cries when you have no gold

Sacrificial smiles will extract an exacting price, Holden’s human lice of old

They always try to assassinate justice, for what they feel frustrates

So tear down the innocent and suck out their innocence to subjugate

Disguises abound, worn by the sacrificial human hounds

Sweetness and smiles, anger hidden, are the weapons used to pound

Their net is cast and the innocent become a tangled caste

For the corrosive touch of the spiteful hardens like a cast

Their trick would make an injured dove blush

Surround you with flattery and warmth, then gently pounce

Once these tricksters of emotion have had their fill, then cold indifference

Guilt will engulf your innocence and hurt shock is their pretence

Vanity and conceit is their evilness, sociopaths with veneers of vulnerability

When realization arrives, break free for that is the key to recovery