Everyone should knock before they enter your life (though some just burst in while others tumble in by surprise). However the entrance, there are some that are not invited. Even worse, some that know it and try to be participants, not just audiences. Imagine a member of the theater audience trying to sneak unto the stage and be part of the play. Knowing the consequences, she/he wears a mask, changes their walk and dyes their hair. The reason, that is up to them, though it cannot be due to the purity of their hearts. I have come across such rogue members, some more persistent than others. We all have. Some have even thought themselves smart to be one such a member (Yes, I know, guess intelligence has different rating scales).
So, as much as we claim to give them no heed, let's have a moment of thought for them, coz only then can we deal with them and move on with our happy lives that seem to draw such interest from them.
Here's to you, I gave you a moment's thought (and only one moment).....
Malice
The Snide Remark, the side sneer
A little sniggering when you're near
The assumed superiority, the blatant dismissal
Questions without curiosity, the adamant refusal
The dropping of hints, the insinuation
The anonymous phonecall, the feigned innocence
The inner laugh with the wrong intent
The apparent fallace
The sheer malice
Quick Remark on my tongue
Clever retort on my mind
To hit back with the truth
its purpose not to sooth
for surely it would hurt
as it very well should
Two can play the game
one provoked is not to blame
But doesn't that make me the same
with time and practice
I too can be good at Malice
Bite back my words, take out the sting
clean out my heart so that again it can sing
U know what they want, don't let them win
with they taunts and words, their acts of wickedry
Feign ignorance to a certain degree
DO not play into their hands, you're not part of the scene
They might not know it, they may not see
But you are not part of their rivalry
Its not part of me
I will not let it be
I will not dance to this malicious symphony
Terida
