To The Narcissist In My Life

To the Narcissist in my life

I met you in your porcelain face

I’ve seen the person you pretend to be

Of kindness, compassion

Empathy

But you see, I have a secret too

I’ve actually met quite a few of you

All a little different, yet still the same

You all think you’re the best in the game

A different time, a different place

Always with that GOD DAMN face

I caught you when you weren’t looking

I listened to what you were saying

I watched what you were doing

I heard what there was to hear

Even when you didn't know I was a prying ear

We’ve heard this story before

But please, let me tell it once more

I saw you at your core

The face behind the mask

You gaslighted them

As I have been gaslighted

You made them feel crazy

As I have been made to feel crazy

When they pointed something out

You said ‘that’s your problem’

As if they didn't know how to be

You even suggested they need therapy

You’re probably right, they do

All because of life with you

You hurt the people closest to you

Thank God the number is far and few

Always the victim

Never to blame

Hungry for attention

Quick to anger

The picture of perfection

You’re secretly a painter, did you know that?

A painter of your beautiful narrative

You’d never share with me the hurtful lies

The things you say about me

The one you secretly so despise

How about a vocabulary lesson

Do you know the words self-reflection?

You were smart, I’ll give you that

Because you knew never to do it in front of me

So let me reveal to you my golden key

You did it to the person I hold most dear

Because of that, you have something to fear

For I’ll teach them their true value away from you

They’ll learn to keep telling you the word NO

For you, my sweet sweet Narcissist is my natural foe

I will rip away from your control

Call it… Narcissist patrol?

You deserve the hurt you inflict

You deserve the self-loathing

You deserve to know what it was like every day I woke up with you like the new Narcissist in my life

An Empath who saw the ugly behind that porcelain mask

The one who sees you clear as day

As a light flicks off

And your mask fades away

See, all Narcissists have only a matter of time

Time till they reap what they sow and pay for the crime

You do not have the power

And I so await that fateful hour

I almost hope you cower

Once you’re alone in that Narcissistic tower

I see you

and they will too

But don't worry, this can't possibly be about you

You’re clearly not the Narcissist