Web of Lies

It’s growing.

Can’t you see it?

Because I can.

I am no fool.

I am no innocent passerby.

I know the truth.

With each sentence uttered,

It grows.

It started out small.

Oh, wait, no it didn’t.

It started off with a bang.

It catches every passerby.

Each innocent, and unsuspecting,

In one way or another.

But I know better.

That’s why you make sure to please me.

To keep me happy.

To make sure that I either get trapped,

Like the rest of them,

Or, keep it hidden.

I will keep it hidden,

For as long as it benefits me.

For you have taught me well,

The apple never does fall far from the tree.

You get angry,

When I do not participate.

When I refuse to build my own.

What you don’t know is,

I have my own.

But mine does not harm.

It only keeps my tendencies hidden.

I will stay loyal,

 To those who make these things.

Only if they do not harm.

And yours does.

I will keep your secret,

For as long as you keep me satisfied.

The moment it starts to harm the innocents,

Or the innocents figure it out for themselves,

I will cut it down,

Your web of lies.

And expose just how spider-like,

You really are.