No Longer the Golden Boy

Everyone admired and worshiped you
Like the Greek god they thought you were,
But nobody knew that there was something to

Be seen underneath. Within that sweet liqueur
You were something bitter and difficult to taste.
Someone who is phony, fake and a poseur.

Someone who preferred to live the fast paced
Type of life with the string of girls around
The block and the pain that can be chased

Away with everything else. Your crown
Was crooked and the truth is that that I no
Longer envied you or your power. Your frown

Masked by fake smiles and confidence. I know
It because I have seen it. People think that
You have it all together, but hitting every low

Is something they never see. You take a bat
To smash every piece of the broken mirror
Behind closed doors. They watch the “big cat”

Become a lost boy. Things that were clearer
And brighter looks so frightening in the dark.
I wish that I could have been closer and nearer

To you, but you pushed me away. You were a spark
And explosion, but in my mind you became someone
Forgettable. You were no longer my benchmark.