Bad Boy Finished

What is it with the female
persuasion that
clings to the
notion that
danger
is a delicious dish?

You smile, you laugh
as you believe the stories,
the promises, and the kismet
collected in your
nightstand drawer
that you sift through every once
in awhile to tell yourself
that surely it existed,
because a fool is
something you've
never been.

Was your pride
greater than his,
to think you
met up to
his
invisible measuring
stick he never
cared to share?

Tell me.

What's so great about this
bad boy you came to love?

What's so great about this
fool who dared to hurt someone
such as you.

Tell me he was true.
Tell me he was everything.
and I'll shut the fuck up.


by Philip Wardlow 2013