I'm Exactly Who You Think I Am

Lady Shadow

I see you, staring at me with your pretty green eyes

and they are oh so very pretty-

and they say (scream) that you know who I am.

But really, this cannot be so?

Oh, certainly no human could dare be so cold!

Honestly, I most indefinitely care,

I bleed -as you do-

and I feel

love, I feel love, as you do-

You're suspicious of me

Just a little: I wonder why?

And you think you know who I am

the Snake, the Devil hisself, the Most-Treacherous-To-Ever-Draw-Breath

O, how cruel is the world!

Certianly, I am not as bad as all of that!

I am Lost, Innocent, Drawn-into-a-Inescapable-Web-Spun-by-the-Forces-of-Darkness!

save me, save me, Savior! I'm virtually screaming, begging for your aid!

I see your eyes change a bit, a bit at a time -

Most definitely no! I am but a child, no monster, no serpent.

After all, it is not I who speaks to snakes.

It occures to you suddenly, I think, that honestly, all I need is a love

a bit of affection, some private, quality...positive attention.

And I will cultivate your timely epiphany,

I will succor your philanthropist leanings,

But in the end, me dear celibrity,

I am EXACTLY who you think I am.

And it is I who knows you.

Fin