Lesson Learned

Must I suffer because of your shame?
Must I be dealt with because you fail?
Should I carry the burden of your incompetence?
Should my dreams be broken because yours did?

How selfish of you to take out the blame on me?
And yet you teach of morality and virtue
The irony of it makes my body shiver with laughter
For at least I stood as a known hypocrite while you hid it through your modesty and self proclaimed truths

Your name means so little to me now
Disgusted by it, yes, indeed I am
For once I've placed it in a pedestal
To only realized later that you're not worthy of it all

All you have is so much talk
You talk so big like you've conquered the world
In truth, you never really did, didn't you?
Your words are all they will always be - just words of liar trying to make himself

I admit my flaw in my judgment
I let others talked me into choosing
Now I suffer alone for a decision half made
For they left the minute they knew what you did

Alone, I stood here
I will seek no other advice but my own
I will keep my mistake in you as a reminder
That I was once foolish then to believe in just a name

I'll bear my shame for I easily yielded
I am ashamed for my poor judgment
But I shamed more on the praises I bestowed upon you
You, who was worthy of none of it at all

Now I know not to be taken by fame
For money can easily such thing
Just because it sounds grandiose - it really is
Because those who are really grand are humble for they let their actions do the talking...